SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and mobile developer Opera Software will team to offer a BREW-based shopping Web browser for handsets.
The product will offer wireless users content and applications based on their preferences. For instance, a consumer searching for a basketball score via his device could be offered a mobile basketball game or sports-themed wallpaper and ringtones.
The companies hope to market the browser to BREW operators looking to increase revenues from data services.
“We expect that the Opera browser will not only provide new opportunities for BREW operators, users and content providers, but it will further promote the adoption of mobile Web capabilities and the importance of mobile Web browsing technology,” said Jon S. von Tetzchner, Opera’s chief executive officer.<
