A Comprehensive Widget Platform Based on NetFront Browser, the World's Browsing Standard
NetFront™ Widgets enables the creation of an Internet widget
ecosystem that includes content providers, device manufacturers
and service providers through which service providers can deliver
high value Web 2.0 services to their customers.
NetFront Widgets exemplifies ACCESS commitment to
delivering the most advanced Internet technologies for
mobile devices and devices beyond the PC. This unwavering
commitment has made ACCESS’ NetFront Browser the
most popular choice for manufacturers and operators. In
fact, NetFront products, including the NetFront Browser, have
shipped in over 800 million devices around the world, including
mobile phones, digital TVs, set-top boxes, mobile handhelds,
game consoles, automobile navigation systems and more.
Advantages | NetFront Widgets
800 Million and Counting…
As a testimony to its popularity, NetFront products, including NetFront Browser, have shipped in over 800 million devices
around the world, including mobile phones, digital TVs, set-top boxes, mobile handhelds, game consoles, automobile navigation
systems and many other types of products. Chances are one or more products you use on a daily basis incorporate NetFront
technology. This success exemplifies ACCESS' commitment to bring the Internet to beyond-PC devices. ACCESS continues to
advance NetFront products, and as more products in the home become connected, ACCESS and NetFront will be there.
NetFront Widgets extends ACCESS' leadership position for bringing the Internet to mobile devices.
Personalization
NetFront Widgets provides immediate
access to personalized and
customized Internet content.
End-users can personalize their
widgets to suit their own specific
preferences, and the range of content
spans a wide gamut, from stocks and
weather, to social networking and
beyond. NetFront Widgets delivers an
Internet experience that is exciting,
immediate and personalized.
Features | NetFront Widgets
Client
- W3C content format support: HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript™, AJAX, etc.
- Supports widget content download through the integrated
download descriptor
- Supports several running instances of the same widget content and
provides a mechanism for widget content service differentiation
Client-Server Linkage
- Content update feature
- Player update feature
- Fraudulent content termination feature
Specifications
- Developed as a subset of the W3C Widgets 1.0 specification
- Proprietary signature method, also adaptable to W3C Widget methods
- Proprietary widget DOM interface
Functionality Extension
- Default extension for common device functionalities (location,
power, wireless information, etc.)
- Provides a powerful mechanism to extend JavaScript functionality
Security
- Advanced security implementation to protect against malicious
code, targeted identity theft, terminal crashes, security bugs,
hack exploitations, etc.
- Trust levels, protection modes and server access control mechanisms
Key Benefits | NetFront Widgets
Network Operator
- Allows mobile network operators and service providers to add
value to their services, maximize the hit rate of targeted customers,
and increase access to their data services while also increasing
subscriber volume
- Provides an opportunity to increase customer satisfaction as well
as a new way to let end-users customize their service, enabling
different user experiences on the same device
Handset Vendor
- Creates brand differentiation and improves service value of handset
devices
- Provides a ready solution for handset vendors who do not develop
their own widget content, improving time-to-market
- Helps handset vendors to speed deployments while reducing
content sourcing risks
Service/Content Provider
- Provides an opportunity to expand the volume of value-added
solutions or content offered to customers
- Provides an opportunity to effectively use web programming skills
and programmers
- Simplifies widget content development
End-User
- Helps end-users publish their own content while providing them
wider access to a variety of widget content for their own use
Specifications | NetFront Widgets
Module
Module Implementation Support tools
- Platform porting guides
- Sample widget content
Widget Content Development Tools
- NetFront Widgets Packaging Tool
- Packaging and content check
- NetFront Widgets Viewer
- PC-based authoring tool (under development)
- Widget content development guidelines
- Notes and tutorials
- Security guidelines
Device Requirements
- ROM (Widget Manager & Widget Player Engine):
2MB + Widget UI Application
- RAM : 1MB and above (content dependent)
NetFront Widgets Community Site
PC Site
The NetFront Widgets community site features a wide variety
of widgets for free download as well as the NetFront Widgets
player. The site currently hosts Windows Mobile and S60
versions of the NetFront Widgets player that allow widgets
to be shared between both platforms free of charge.
Mobile Site
The NetFront Widgets community site is also available as a
mobile site where users can download widgets and players
or simply check the latest information directly from their
mobile devices.
Widget Content Development Tools Now Available
Development tools for effective and easy development of
widget content are now available.
Package
- NetFront Widgets Viewer
- Memory consumption management feature
- JavaScript error console
- Virtual screen feature
- NetFront Widgets Packaging Tool
- Content creation tutorial
- Various documents
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