Menneisyys

ESSENTIAL (NEW, UNIQUE BUGFIXES!!!) to know about the great Web browser, Opera beta! (alternatives: MobilitySite, AximSite, FirstLoox, PPCT, BrightHand)

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sherkhan

W T G menneisyys... thanks for the great stuff

Menneisyys

Upon answering a question over at <em>microsoft.public.pocketpc</em>, I've collected the links to my latest reviews of the Web Browsers for the Pocket PC. As a collection like this can be very handy for all Pocket PC users, I publish it here too:

Stand-alone browsers:

Opera 8.5 beta 2
NetFront 3.3 TP 1.05
Thunderhawk 2.10302
Minimo 0.013
Opera Mini

PIE plug-ins/shells:

MultiIE 3.1 d 59 (no new version released since the " Roundup of Web Browsers "; see review in there)
PIEPlus 1.31
Spb Pocket Plus (will publish a review of the latest, 3.1 version soon; the review of 3.0.4 can be found here)
ftxPBrowser 0.1e
Webby 2.0

The article (the "Bible") that you should start with is the Roundup of Web Browsers (alternatives: MobilitySite, AximSite, FirstLoox, PPC Magazine, BrightHand). Please make sure you also follow the links in these threads to my newer, more up-to-date articles, reviews.

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gylman

Having suffered with PIE on my HX4700, and having installed Opera Mobile (NOT Mini) beta 2 on my PocketPC last night and used it for several hours, I can agree with the review that the above posts links to (Opera 8.5 beta 2). This is totally superior to PIE and any of its commonly used add-ons. Once they refine it a bit (it is a beta after all) PIE will be history.

Finally, 1 1/2 years after buying my HX4700 I have a usable browers. Hallelujah

Oh, and it works perfectly fine in true VGA (ozVGA/seVGA) modes. Wow.

Menneisyys

I've posted a detailed review/roundup/ compliance report / tip collection of current, midlet-capable Java environments on the Pocket PC (including some remarks on the midlet-compliance of the Netfront 3.2 Web browser). It's a must for anyone wanting to run midlets (for example, Opera Mini or Mobile Gmaps) on his or her Pocket PC.

The article can be found at

Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Expert Blog: http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ind...3&p=644&more=1
FL: http://www.firstloox.org//forums/showthread.php?p=50584
MobilitySite: http://www.mobilitysite.com/forums/s...d.php?p=148245
PPCT: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...c.php?p=393834
BH: http://discussion.brighthand.com/sho...hreadid=122613
AximSite: http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=120659

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Menneisyys

ANN: Windows Mobile 5 and Internet Explorer Mobile Identification in the Registry - a lot of new info & tips

In my previous article on how Pocket Internet Explorer (of which the new
name is Internet Explorer Mobile (IEM for short) under Windows Mobile 5
(WM5)) computes the request headers (of which you can also seen some
examples of in this article - with alternative browsers too), I've
elaborated on this under pre-WM5 operating systems.

In this article, I do the same - now with WM5. The affected registry keys
are slightly modified here (a 5.0 has been added in the name) - and also a
new Templates subkey has been added.

Read more at the Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Expert Blog:

http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ind...3&p=648&more=1

Also crossposted to PPC forums I'm a regular poster/helper/contributor at:

AximSite: http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?p=1027944
BrightHand:
http://discussion.brighthand.com/sho...hreadid=122636
FirstLoox: http://www.firstloox.org//forums/showthread.php?p=50633
MobilitySite: http://www.mobilitysite.com/forums/s...d.php?p=148484
PPCT: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...c.php?p=394001

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Menneisyys

Here are the links of the latest Web browsing-related articles since my last post in this thread. Feel free to check them out.

A nice, new bugfix for Web Browser Opera: no longer ugly/unreadable fonts in the tabs / textfields!

Here's a fix for the flaky file association of great Web browser Opera

Web Browser News – Webby 2.1: New, Free, Not so Good

Web Browser News - Minimo: Nightly Builds Available; a review/report of the March 18 build

Java Midlets on the Pocket PC - the Complete Tutorial. It also contains a lot of information and a complete setup tutorial on the latest version of Opera Mini, the free, midlet-based Web browser.

New Versions of Fastest, WM5-compliant, Pocket Internet Explorer applet plugin-enabled Java Virtual Machine, CrEme, out! Yes, at last, real applet support in Internet Explorer Mobile under WM5!

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Menneisyys

Guys and gals, a FULL update to this article will VERY SOON be published - see http://www.mobilitysite.com/forums/u...-beta-out.html !

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buckyg

Thanks in advance, Menneisyys! Can't wait to see it.

Menneisyys

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nanofox

Menneisyys, your link takes me to a thread on Linksys CF WIFI (of which you were apparently not a fan back in '04 ). Could you fix please?

Menneisyys

UPDATE (07/10/2007) : a FULL MS Smartphone update; Opera Mini 4.0 beta at

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/appli...ni-4-beta.html

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