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Nokia Releases Open-Source Browser

The Browser Is Based On Apple’s Safari Kit

Nokia released its open-source mobile Web browser and launched a new web portal to share information about its open-source projects.

The company announced in June, this year that they are working on an open-source browser for mobile phones that use the S60 software platform. The browser is based on the WebCore and JavaScriptCore components of Apple's Safari browser and is available for S60 3rd edition.

Apple's Safari web browser is based on KHTML and KDE's JavaScript Engine - part of the Konquerer open-source web browser.

Nokia's developers said that the browser will display the pages as good as any other PC browser and that it also includes pop-up blocking and access to RSS feeds.

The company is trying to make Web surfing easier from mobile phones. Currently, browsing sites that are not specifically designed for mobile phones proves a difficult task especially due to the small screens handsets have.

Nokia's open-source web portal will serve as a source of information for its open-source projects. Its purpose is to inform and allow developers to contribute on these projects.

The company is also working on other open-source projects such as Maemo - a platform for developing products for Linux-based Internet tablets and a Python programming language port for S60.