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  • 11.17.08
    Full Flash comes to Windows Mobile gadgets | (2)
    For years Windows Mobile users have had their web surfing experience hampered by poor support for rich Internet applications on the handset platform. Today Adobe makes a giant leap forward in mobile web experience by bringing a full version of Flash 10 to Windows mobile handsets. It's not quite clear yet whether this is a browser plugin designed specifically for Internet Explorer mobile 6 or whether it will also run on other mobile browsers or previous versions of Internet Explorer mobile. The company will be showing off a demo version at it's Adobe Max developers' conference in San ...
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  • 07.10.08
    Firefox Mobile Browser Targeting This Summer, Supports AJAX gadgets | (3)
    Mozilla is targeting an Alpha release of their forthcoming mobile browser called Fennec for this summer. This is really impressive considering they scrapped their mobile browser effort and started over this past October. In fact, I was beginning to wonder if Mozilla would be left behind on the mobile web, but I'm really excited to hear this news from John Cox over at Network World. Their goal was to make an experience that could work for full standard web pages as well as those designed specifically for the mobile web. This is especially important given the fact that there and millions ...
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  • 04.17.08
    Vote Up Your Favorite Windows Mobile Browser! gadgets | Comments Off
    For Pocket PC and just about any PDA user, the mobile web browser and IM clients you choose are likely the two most important decisions you will make. I've spent countless hours trying out various windows mobile web browsers and trying to find a quality free web browser for Windows Mobile. So I want to put it to a vote. Vote for one of these major windows mobile web browsers. Not all of them are free, but that's your choice. I've not yet found one that I felt was worth paying for and found everything I was looking for in ...
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  • 03.12.08
    Skyfire Windows Mobile Browser Gets Reviewed on the go | (2)
    The Skyfire Mobile Browser aims to enable Windows Mobile users to surf rich media websites that require Javascript or even Flash. They do this using a server as a proxy to load the site and allows you to view it on your phone. This is important, because they do collect information on your surfing habits. Honestly, I'd prefer they aggregate my data to support their costs than charge me a subscription. Skyfire is currently in private Beta, so there's really no telling whether it will remain a free Windows Mobile web browser like Opera Mobile. After taking a little extra time ...
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