mobile browsers
RSS mobile browsersOpera refuses to perform on Microsoft smartphone
News This latest spat followed a similar incident in October 2001 when Opera won a publicity coup after Microsoft was exposed for blocking Opera and other non-IE browsers from access to its MSN site. Opera's... [24 Feb 2003]
Opera raises curtain on mobile browsing
News Microsoft, Palm and Handspring all offer browsers designed to view full HTML web pages on handhelds, with Palm and Handspring's models relying on proxy servers to do much of the necessary reformatting. [11 Feb 2003]
What's the fuss about... virtualised IT infrastructure?
Comment Ecommerce may have been more hype than substance but who would give up their web browsers or email access? It is true, however, that the major steps taken by the industry over the years (client/server computing, the WWW... [20 Sep 2002]
Security woes surface over Microsoft's Smartphone
News With the Smartphone browser, you can achieve the same level of security you have on regular desktop browsers. Existing wireless HTML browsers, however, are extremely cumbersome, and with data downloads... [14 Feb 2002]
The A-Z of ebusiness (S)
News Users must have SET-enabled browsers. A service for sending text messages of up to 160 characters to mobile phones. A TV distribution platform relying on transmission through a satellite dish Scalability [01 Jan 2002]
Wap 2.0 launches to a chorus of yawns
News The range of different phones and browsers means that only the simplest applications can be guaranteed to work on all different Wap phones. The future of the Wap is more likely to be boosted by the increasing... [09 Aug 2001]
Merger creates £6bn giant for unified messaging
News Currently, Phone.com's WAP browsers are licensed by manufacturers like Alcatel and Siemens. Its mobile gateways are used by carriers including BT Cellnet and One2One. Openwave will use IP to let users... [22 Nov 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Qualcomm rides with Ford, EU oversees Oftel and BT, and a big job in IT
Comment We will have voice-activated browsers and Ananova reading us the latest business news, not to mention our emails. In addition, Wingcast's services will extend beyond the car so information may be accessed from a... [07 Aug 2000]
Microsoft and Samsung to develop mobile browsers
News Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to develop and design a range of mobile handsets for next generation networks. The GSM- and CDMA-compliant handsets will be developed to use Microsoft's micro-browser... [15 Jun 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: How to do WAP, the death of the PC, and Baan's troubled times
Comment Just as there is more to ecommerce than Web sites and browsers, there is a whole infrastructure to be built if early WAP users are not to become frustrated and disillusioned. With a recent survey from ARC Group showing... [05 Mar 2000]
The end of client/server as we know it?
Comment Browsers may be a new form of client software, but they're a client nevertheless. Increasingly, these applications and the data are accessed via browsers. He defended the NC concept, but described it as... [22 Jul 1999]
Sun launches Java browser for mobiles
News However, Sun is not the first vendor to offer tiny browsers, Spyglass and PlanetWeb have also produced similar products. Sun Microsystems has released a Java browser for set-top boxes and mobile phones,... [24 Mar 1999]
UK firm helps launch Symbian browser technology
News STNC's software will allow text-only browsing on low-end phones and miniature, graphical browsers on more advanced communication devices. Symbian is turning to UK company, STNC as it works to integrate Web browser... [11 Jan 1999]
