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NetFrontTM Browser is the most advanced, versatile, and powerful Internet browser. Specifically designed and optimized to deliver high performance in resource-constrained environments, NetFront Browser supports almost any OS and CPU and offers low power consumption, easy customization, and a broad range of plug-ins. NetFront Browser has been deployed in millions of Internet devices throughout the world including mobile phones, digital TVs, set-top boxes, mobile handhelds, game consoles, automobile navigation systems and many other Internet devices.
The Advantage
NetFront Browser v3.5
Adapted for “Web 2.0” Web 2.0 is the next-generation of the Web and also widely recognized as a next-generation services framework, based on the view of the Web as a platform. Consumers today can experience many innovative Internet services collectively called “Web 2.0 services” which feature rich user-interfaces delivered through the Web browser on their desktop PCs. And Web 2.0 services promise to become very popular throughout the mobile world as well. NetFront Browser's browsing engine, though compact, is a powerful solution for viewing Web 2.0 content prepared for desktop PCs and for extending the Web 2.0 experience to embedded and mobile devices. NetFront Browser overcomes the memory restrictions and limited key input inherent in embedded devices and adapts the PC-based Web 2.0 services model for mobile devices. NetFront Browser was developed and optimized for the embedded and mobile markets and represents the best solution for supporting Web 2.0 services on mobile devices. NetFront Browser also offers the best value for the Web 2.0 mobile ecosystem, including network operators, handset vendors, content providers and end-users.
RSS Support
Device Interactivity
RSS is an XML-based format for content distribution that allows service providers to feed news, content, and advertisements directly to the end-user handset, enhancing services personalization and discoverability. NetFront Browser provides an RSS library that enables rapid RSS application development within the browser or as stand-alone modules that use NetFront Browser's RSS technology, ensuring high performance with various RSS formats (RSS 0.9, 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0/Atom 0.3,1.0).
NetFront Browser supports ACCESS' ECMAScript-driven interface DirectConnect, which was first introduced in 2004. NetFront Browser also supports DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), providing seamless interaction between DLNA modules and the browser. The combination of these two technologies presents developers the opportunity to build a user-interface for a DLNA application (using HTML, CSS, and Ajax, etc.) that can handle DLNA device information through a DLNA control API in ECMAScript.
Flexible Configuration and Easy Portability NetFront Browser's highly modular and scalable software architecture enables developers to pick and choose only needed components for their target devices. Should more memory savings be required, modules containing code for unneeded functions can be removed and the code base and memory requirements are reduced. Should new markup support be required, it's easy to add an additional module. NetFront Browser's high portability is also a key contributor to its popularity in the mobile space. The two key NetFront Browser components that enable this portability are:
1. SLIM interface Which encapsulates dependence to the target platform and provides high portability and tight integration for developers.
2. PWS (Plate Window System) The window system API that generalizes and settles the differences in window manipulations from the underlying operating system. In addition, NetFront Browser can incorporate an exhaustive set of low-level libraries including WAVE, ACCESS' own windowing system. This means that NetFront Browser can run on the barest of operating systems. On operating systems that do provide window systems, such as those found on mobile handhelds, these libraries are simply stripped out so no unnecessary code is deployed.
Highly Customizable UX and Branding Opportunities With NetFront Browser’s modular architecture, the core browser engine, which provides the essential browser functions such as networking and content rendering, is completely independent from the upper application and user-interface layers. This means that the user-interface and application layer can be easily modified to meet particular requirements or customization. Developers can even create an entirely new application based on the same NetFront Browser Technology used in all NetFront Browser products. For device manufactures, this provides a means to differentiate a product with minimal engineering effort. For the mobile operator, this means that a monolithic, consistent application user interface can be defined across all types of devices. End-users will experience almost identical browser and feature functionality regardless of the device used.
Module Diagram
NetFront Browser v3.5
Widgets
Mobile TV Client
Applications Using Browser Engine
Browser
Other Applications
Plug-Ins ECMAScript HTML cHTML
CSS
XHTML
SMIL
BML
WML
RSS
Other
Document Viewer Flash Player
WML Script
Media Player
XML Library
Mobile-IMAP SMTP/POP3
Clib
HTTP
SSL, TLS
SLIM Interface
WAP 1.x Stack
Browser Engine
JV-Lite2
DOM
Mail Protocol Library
Crypto
Peer (Target Adaption Module)
BREW
S60, UIQ
REX OS
Symbian OS
GarnetTM OS
GTK+, QT Embedded Linux
ALP*
Mobile, Smartphone Windows CE
*WAVE (ACCESS Simplified GUI System)
Features
WM PPC Smart Phone
Window System and OS
WAVE* µMore®(µITRON)
*ALP (ACCESS Linux Platform)
NetFront Browser v3.5
Improvements in Speed Faster Content Display Speeds
Rendering Mode Changes are Now Faster
The time required between the selection of “Select URL” and the initial display of content (First Draw) has been reduced enabling faster content display.
The time required to change between rendering modes has been significantly reduced enhancing overall browsing performance.
First Draw Time URL selection
Desktop Display
Smart-Fit Display
Faster Zoom-In/Zoom-Out
Optimization Service
Zooming speeds have been substantially improved, which makes viewing Web pages easier.
NetFront Browser now features the browser-embedded data compression/protocol optimization technology EBO (Embedded Browser Optimization) from Bytemobile, Inc. EBO accelerates download speeds by up to four times compared to typical mobile browsing. EBO significantly improves overall browser function and delivers a powerful Internet browsing experience.
zoom-in
New Rendering and Navigation Modes
Column
Column
Column Rendering In the conventional desktop mode, if the text exceeds the screen width when viewing content, repeated horizontal scrolling is required, which makes browsing cumbersome. Column Rendering automatically wraps text relative to the device screen width allowing end-users to view all text simply by scrolling vertically. Conventional Rendering
Column Rendering
Stick Navigation The Stick Navigation function moves text to an easily viewable location when it approaches a column, so that text fits on the device screen. Stick Navigation significantly facilitates navigation between columns.
User Experience Evolutions New libraries and UI options facilitate the integration of the NetFront Browser engine with any kind of application that needs advanced Web rendering capabilities. New browser application highlights include support for Visual Bookmarks, a stunning graphical tool that allows end-users to manage their favorite Web pages and PagePilot a pan & zoom navigation tool that enables a desktop-like presentation of Web pages on mobile devices with limited screen sizes.
Swift Navigation
Animation Zoom
Swift Navigation significantly smoothes the scrolling of web pages on mobile devices.
Animation Zoom quickly and smoothly magnifies animated content.
PagePilot
Visual Bookmarks Visual Bookmarks helps user to select bookmarks by showing page thumbnail together with page title and URL. Visual Bookmarks enables quick navigation and selection of bookmarks by providing thumbnail previews, page titles, and URLs for bookmarked sites.
PagePilot mode becomes on by keep scrolling down
PagePilot enables smooth pan & zoom navigation. PagePilot is activated by continuously pressing the scroll key.
Smart Slider Menu
Smart Swing Navi
Smart Slider Menu is a short cut bar that enables user to select functions easily and quickly.
Smart Swing Navi uses an image captured by camera capable devices to enable scrolling and zooming simply by tilting the device vertically and horizontally.
Key Benefits
NetFront Browser v3.5
For Mobile Operators
For Device Manufacturers
Introduces an extensive and fully customizable data services platform and consistent end-user experience across multiple device types.
Provides a modularized architecture, easy integration, extensibility, compact footprint, and a reliable and proven solution on all major platforms and operating systems.
For Content Providers
For End-Users
Contributes a rich content rendering platform for embedded devices.
Offers the fastest, richest and most intuitive, “Full-Internet� browsing experience and services on mobile devices.
NetFront Browser for Mobile Phones
NetFront Browser for IAs (Internet Appliances)
NetFront Browser is the most popular mobile browser in the world. It provides a flexible expansion of functions to support proprietary services offered by carriers. In devices where the CPU speed and memory capacity are limited, it provides an advanced browsing engine that is sufficient to view the latest PC content. It also provides original functions for high-speed browsing within the small screen and limited input key environment found on mobile phones.
NetFront Browser is widely used in information appliances including TVs, game terminals, set-top boxes, and car navigation systems. Using the separately provided SDK*, developers can easily develop a user interface for the remote control of TVs or other Internet appliances. In combination with ACCESS' DirectConnect, a technology that provides direct control of devices, NetFront Browser can be deployed as a platform to control and interact with Internet appliances. *SDK = Software Development Kit
Specification
NetFront Browser v3.5
[New in NetFront Browser v3.5]
[Main Features]
[Plug-In and Extension Modules]
NetFrontTM Browser Widgets ● Rendering Quality Enhancement - XHTML MP 1.2 - CSS2.1/CSS3(partial) - Canvas Tag - Column Rendering ● UX Evolutions - Stick Navigation - Swift Navigation - Smart Slider Menu - Smart Swing Navi
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Tabbed Multi-Window support ● Column Rendering ● Stick Navigation ● Swift Navigation ● Smart Slider Menu ● Smart Swing Navi ● PagePilot (smooth pan and zoom navigation) ● Visual Bookmarks ● Virtual Pointer (pointing device emulation) ● Smart-Fit Rendering TM ● Rapid-Render ® ● Intelligent Frame Handling (Select and zoom individual frames) ● Continuously adjustable Zooming/Animation Zoom ● Offline Browsing and Page/Image Saving ● Word Wrap, Line boundary character check ● Streaming Download ● DirectConnect (Secure monitoring and control of devices from the browser) ● Intelligent Pop-Up Blocker ● Integrated Internet Search Menu ● Auto Form-Filling ● Authentication Manager ● International Domain Name
NetFront SMIL Player & SVG Viewer
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[Supported Standards] ●
Compliant with the OMA Browsing 2.3 specification
[Markup] ●
cHTML, HTML 4.01, XHTML1.1, XHTML Mobile Profile 1.2, WML 1.3, SVGT-1.2, SMIL 2.1, RSS feed (RSS 0.9/0.91/0.92/1.0/2.0, Atom 0.3/1.0)
[Stylesheets] ●
CSS1, CSS2.1, CSS3 (partial), CSS MP1.1
[Advanced Scripting]
SMIL and SVG modules can be implemented as plug-ins or as stand-alone players for advanced 3G push services with rich multimedia content. JV-Lite 2 JV-LiteTM 2 is a SUN Microsystems authorized JavaTM execution environment for embedded applications. JV-Lite 2 class libraries are optimized for embedded and provide the best balance of performance, footprint, and portability. NetFront Document Viewer NetFrontTM Document Viewer enables full viewing of PDF files and Microsoft Office documents including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on mobile handsets. Flash, Flash Lite (Adobe) NetFront Browser provides a ready-to-use interface to integrate Adobe® Flash® player supporting Flash content embedded within a Web page. Mobile Flash (Digital Aria) Mobile Flash, a solution from Digital Aria Co.,
ECMAScript 262 3rd Edition ● ECMAScript Mobile Profile ● WMLScript ● DOM Level 1, Level 2 ● Dynamic HTML ● Ajax (XMLHttpRequest) ●
[Protocols] HTTP 1.0/1.1 WAP ● IPv4/IPv6 Dual TCP/IP ● ●
[Supported Operating Systems]
Ltd., is a vector graphic multimedia solution for
Linux® (ACCESS Linux PlatformTM, Qt/Embedded, Qtopia, GTK+, and others) ● Symbian OS (Series 60 and UIQ) ● Garnet TM OS ● BREW, REX OS ● Microsoft Windows CE family, Microsoft Windows Mobile (Pocket PC, Smartphone) ● VxWorks ● Nucleus ● ITRON ● Others (OS-9, OSE etc.)
mobile devices. Mobile Flash is designed for
[Supported CPUs]
Embedded Media Player Engine
ARM ● XScale ● StrongARM ● PowerPC ● MIPS ● SH-Mobile and others
NetFront Brower is embedded with a playback
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CPU environments featuring ARM9 100 MHz processors (or higher) and can play back vector graphic content in the QVGA class at 12 FPS or more. Mobile Flash supports the playback of Flash Lite 2.0 and Flash 7.0 content. Mascot Capsule (HI) Mascot Capsule is a 3D rendering engine that supports the display of visually rich 3D games or other 3D content on mobile devices.
[Security] ● ●
SSL3/TLS1.0 Crypto modules
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[Memory Requirements] ROM: 1MB-3MB (Kernel +SLIM) ● RAM: 2MB- (Depending on complexity of content viewed) ●
player for various Audio and Video formats that are compatible with most mobile RTSP, RTP, HTTP streaming protocols, MP4, and ASF storage formats, with support for Helix Mobile, pvServer and Darwin streaming server.
© 2008 ACCESS CO., LTD. All rights reserved. *ACCESS, NetFront, ACCESS Linux Platform, Garnet, JV-Lite, ÌMore, Smart-Fit Rendering and Rapid-Render are trademarks or registered trademarks of ACCESS CO., LTD. in the United States, Japan and other countries.*Adobe, Flash and Flash Lite are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.*ARM and Strong ARM are registered trademarks of ARM Limited.*BREW is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated.*DLNA is a trademark of Digital Living Network Alliance.*Java, all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.*The registered trademark LINUX® is used pursuant to a sublicense from Linux Mark Institute, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis.*Microsoft, Windows, Windows Mobile, PowerPoint and Excel are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.*Nucleus is a trademark or registered trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries.*Symbian and all Symbian-based marks and logos are trademarks of Symbian Limited.*VxWorks is a registered trademark or a service trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc.*XScale is a trademark or a registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.*All other products and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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