Digia announces @Web finger touch browser based on Qt


Digia Plc 			Press release 			21.10.2008


Digia announces @Web finger touch browser based on Qt

Digia Plc announced today @Web finger touch browser based on Qt. Digia @Web is
a cross platform, full finger touch control browser providing new and intuitive
access to the web content. Running on widely adopted webkit engine Digia @Web
provides state of the art web browsing, which is now available for all devices
that can support Qt such as Nokia N800 and N810 Internet tablets, and S60
phones. 

Mobile browsing is gaining popularity due to increasing amount of WLAN access,
flat rate 3G data and WiMAX. Digia @Web empowers users with browser designed to
give the optimal mobile browsing experience. Direct access to true web content
is achieved through the full finger touch browser interface designed by Digia. 

Jari-Pekka Heikkilä, VP, Smartphone, Digia says: "We see Internet content
becoming more and more important for users of different devices and browser as
the single most important application in the truly converged devices. By using
Qt we can address a wider market that just phones - we believe that more and
more embedded devices will benefit from direct and intuitive access to rich
Internet content provided by Digia @Web." 

Tuukka Turunen, Director, Special Projects from Digia continues: "Digia @Web
for Qt has been developed using Qt application framework running on PC and
Nokia's Maemo platform. Thanks to the cross platform capability of Qt we
directly run the same code in all supported environments, which saves a lot of
time on development of applications for embedded devices.” 

Digia @Web has solid foundation in the widely adopted open-source Webkit
browser engine and a whole new type of browser UI that gives powerful and
intuitive access to true web content - with full finger touch control. Earlier
created for UIQ phones Digia @Web is already in commercial use. Designed to be
available first as 3rd party add-on to Qt enabled devices Digia @Web for Qt is
also suitable for wide range of Qt enabled embedded devices. Other users of the
Webkit browser engine include Apple Safari browser, iPhone, Google Android and
Nokia S60 browser. 

Throughout the years Digia has utilized Qt across various different domains
including desktop, embedded and mobile. Along the way Digia has gained
significant skills in Qt and Qt Extended with more than 120 SW engineers
experienced in working with Qt. Digia is Qt Software Premium Business partner
and licensee, as well as Training partner providing several different training
tracks for Qt. 

Please visit www.digia.com/browser to learn more on the Digia @Web features.

Further information:
Director, Special Projects Tuukka Turunen, tel. +358 40 7655 800
tuukka.turunen@digia.com

Director, Communications Jarkko Virtanen, tel. +358 40 7593 603
jarkko.virtanen@digia.com

About Digia:
Digia delivers information and communication technology solutions worldwide.
Our strength in smart mobile devices and real-time information systems enable a
mobile life. 

Our clients are entities who want to capitalise on digital information in their
business. New technologies well thought usability and modern service channels
enables real time access for correct information or services through their
computer, a mobile handset or any other digital device. 

We are based in the Nordics, operating globally and employing over 1,300
professionals. We are listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki (DIG1V).