What is "smarterphone"

Smarterphone is a Norwegian company making software for mobile phones, founded in 1993 as Kvaleberg AS before being renamed in December 2010. In June 2007, venture capital investor Ferd invested €2 million in the company. By January 2010, further €3.6 million was invested. Nokia completed acquisition of Smarterphone by November 2011. The head office is in Oslo, Norway, but the company also has offices in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and the United States.

Smarterphone develops mobile software for handsets, with mobile phone OEMs, ODMs and chipset vendors as customers. The company also provides professional services in the above areas.

In 2008, then as Kvaleberg, the company joined the LiMo Foundation, and at the 2009 Mobile World Congress they presented the Madrid handset, in cooperation with Compal Communications.