Current status of mobile device browsers.
Oct 8, 2007 | 1:43 pm
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Wirelessly posted (TMobile DASH: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; PPC; 240x320) Opera 8.60 [en])
I posted something similar some months ago but thins change. What is the best mobile device/browser currently available. Particularly looking for something to work with Google documents and sites like Basecamp. Best i have found is IE on WM6. Any other suggestions? How are things like UMPCs working. Have they become worth getting yet? Thanks for sharing your experiences
I posted something similar some months ago but thins change. What is the best mobile device/browser currently available. Particularly looking for something to work with Google documents and sites like Basecamp. Best i have found is IE on WM6. Any other suggestions? How are things like UMPCs working. Have they become worth getting yet? Thanks for sharing your experiences
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Oct 8, 2007 | 2:56 pm
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Opera on WM6 is very impressive at the moment, but on a mobile device I have to say that running Mozilla on the N800 was the best I've ever seen. The N800 is a little underpowered for large site renderings, bit the browser handled everything I threw at it
In the UMPC market the second generation devices like the Samsung Q1Ultra are really quite usable. Faster CPU's and better displays. Of course, the Shift is the one that'll set a new benchmark for them...
In the UMPC market the second generation devices like the Samsung Q1Ultra are really quite usable. Faster CPU's and better displays. Of course, the Shift is the one that'll set a new benchmark for them...
Oct 8, 2007 | 4:51 pm
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I've been using Opera on the TyTN II. The trial period however just ended for me and now it looks like I'm going to have to pay for it. I've been happy with it, enough to pay for it later this week. It even handles my www.hotwire.com and www.priceline.com bookings well. I did have some issues with trying to log into Vonage to do stuff to change settings, but don't recal if I tried using Explorer and had the same issue or not.
Oct 9, 2007 | 8:57 am
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opera. opera is the best on a mobile phone, other than safari on the iphone. I guess that is why opera is able to get so much money for it.
the netfront browser is also good, but not as developed or refined. I think for the DASH you are using, PIE has gotten much better in WM6.
mozilla makes a mobile browser version, but it really is crap. lots of crashes, not supported. It is someones pet project at mozilla I think. Can't even remember the name to not recommend. Mobismo or something like that.
the netfront browser is also good, but not as developed or refined. I think for the DASH you are using, PIE has gotten much better in WM6.
mozilla makes a mobile browser version, but it really is crap. lots of crashes, not supported. It is someones pet project at mozilla I think. Can't even remember the name to not recommend. Mobismo or something like that.
Oct 9, 2007 | 10:06 am
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opera. opera is the best on a mobile phone, other than safari on the iphone. I guess that is why opera is able to get so much money for it.
the netfront browser is also good, but not as developed or refined. I think for the DASH you are using, PIE has gotten much better in WM6.
mozilla makes a mobile browser version, but it really is crap. lots of crashes, not supported. It is someones pet project at mozilla I think. Can't even remember the name to not recommend. Mobismo or something like that.
the netfront browser is also good, but not as developed or refined. I think for the DASH you are using, PIE has gotten much better in WM6.
mozilla makes a mobile browser version, but it really is crap. lots of crashes, not supported. It is someones pet project at mozilla I think. Can't even remember the name to not recommend. Mobismo or something like that.
Oct 9, 2007 | 10:23 am
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And yes, it is useless. Thankfully the "real" Mozilla development teams are working on mobile versions.
Oct 9, 2007 | 10:52 am
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For non-iPhone use, Opera Mini is awesome. Once I had it installed on my many WinMo phones, I never went back to IE, not even once. The main thing, aside from the full-page scroll, that I love is the fact that they proxy and compress everything. It makes browsing on a GPRS connection not a bad experience at all.
Oct 10, 2007 | 10:11 am
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Please also see: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/10...to-your-phone/
Firefox coming to a phone near you.
Firefox coming to a phone near you.