Finnish phone maker Nokia remains locked in an intense battle against rival phone manufacturers, and attempts to continue its fight against the competition after purchasing a Web browsing company.
The company announced it has purchased Novarra, a U.S.-based mobile Web browsing company, hoping to improve Web surfing on future handsets. Novarra technology will first find its way to Nokia before the end of 2010, but that doesn't necessarily mean Nokia will directly use the Novarra Vision browser.
The browser is able to support Flash, HTML with JavaScript or AJAX, and RSS, the company said.
In the past, Novarra has competed with Opera and Myriad, but has shown greater interest in trying to sell its browsers directly to wireless providers. If Novarra is able to load Web pages faster than rivals, Nokia may have made a great purchase as it looks to re-tool its mobile services.
Most recently, Novarra has worked with Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola. The company has worked with Palm and U.S. Cellular in the past.
"By driving innovation in all segments of our portfolio, we are building one of the largest consumer audiences for Web services and content," said Niklas Savander, Nokia Executive VP, in a statement. "Novarra's Internet services technology delivered on the world's most widely-used mobile platform, Nokia's Series 40, will help us achieve this."
Nokia remains the No. 1 phone manufacturer in the world, but has been struggling against intense competition from Apple, RIM, HTC, Samsung and other manufacturers.
