Novarra making web pages easier to view on Verizon Wireless
By Darren Murph 
posted Feb 17th 2009 5:06PM
posted Feb 17th 2009 5:06PM
On far too many handsets, browsing the web is a lesson in futility. Particularly for dumbphone owners, who practically need a gun to their skull before they'll willingly engage in even mildly extensive surfing. We're hearing now, however, that Verizon Wireless is making things a little easier to stomach for its users -- though it's doing so for the bandwidth savings more than anything. Reportedly, the carrier has contracted Novarra in order to help out, and as subscribers request that certain pages be accessed, the aforesaid company "adapts the content (including Flash!) and optimizes it for a smaller screen" before letting it hit the user's handset. It's expected that Verizon will showcase the new approach at Mobile World Congress, and in the future, it could even help struggling smartphones surf more easily.[Via phonescoop]
i want some new phones and i want them now. get the niagara already.
lol Verizon doesn't care about giving us new and exciting phones, they just want to nickel and dime us for services that other carriers give for free/much cheaper. i can't wait til my VZW contract is up.
Like what Curt? Please, do go on...
What about opera mini? Alot of the worlds 'dumbphone' user browse the web with it. Heck i'm post with opera mini at the mo.
Opera Mini needs java and most of the VZW phones run BREW, not java.
US cellular usesa tech similar to this on all of their dumb phones tat are allowed to get on the web (its a brew browser made by Novarra) its actually not that good....... The brew version of opera mini would be so much better.
I have the Samsung Alias on VZW and found this feature already in use months ago. Am I missing something? How is this news?
For those wondering, it really does work wonders, too. I was browsing online stores for a laptop while waiting for my flight at the airport last month. I was successfully (and somewhat quickly!) navigate newegg.com, bestbuy.com, circuitcity.com, and microcenter.com. Very impressive, actually.
Nice, but they should really get Access on board rather than Novarra.
I'm not thrilled to hear this. Novarra transcoders are a bit of an impediment to mobile development. I've blogged about this issue here:
http://www.richardrauser.com/index.php/2009/01/16/vodafone-wte-mangles-http-requests-and-responses/