One of our reader Arturo recently came across a great new browser for Windows Mobile and he tipped us about this new mobile browser. Its called Uzard and looks like it supports all major resolutions. Apparently the browser has got great flash support and plays flash 10 videos in full screen and even supports tabbed browsing. According to some xda-dev users, the experience is quite nice some videos may be a bit choppy. One nice perk is that it supports HULU so it should have some sort of server side rendering and then the data is passed on to your device. I don’t expect the ability to watch HULU to last long.
Features :
* Fast, High performance Webkit-based Full HTML Browser
* Compliance with latest Internet standards, such as HTML, CSS
* Support stylus touch or finger touch screen
* Configurable and customisable for specific purpose browser
* FLASH-LITE support
Opera Mobile is by far one of the best windows mobile browsers out there and they have taken off the beta tag. Opera Mobile 10 final is available for download and its free. I am sure many of you will already be using this amazing browser , if not here is your chance to experience a better way to browse on your mobile device.
Opera Software today launched a native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile 5- and 6-based handsets.
By integrating Opera Mini with the Windows Mobile platform, Opera is able to deliver an optimized version of the popular Opera Mini browser that dramatically improves performance and the overall user experience. While Opera Mini traditionally requires Java, the new Windows Mobile version does not, which means that Opera Mini will work on any Windows Mobile phone.
The Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile includes the same rich feature set as the Java-based version. Renowned features, including tabbed browsing, the password manager, bookmarks and Speed Dial, are built-in to deliver convenience while on-the-go.
Fennec is built on the same browser engine as the desktop Firefox 3.6 with some extensive under the hood work to optimize for mobile. These key design principles are at the heart of the browsing experience: minimize typing, let the Web have center stage, and personalize your browser, to name a few. Fennec 1.1 alpha 1 for Windows Mobile includes some of your favorite features including the Awesome Bar, Weave Sync, add-ons, and Location-Aware Browsing. In this video they show you some of these features , the app is evolving out to be a great new browser dont you think. Syncing Tabs from Desktop looks like a fantastic feature.
The Mobile version of the Firefox browser could be days away from getting launched. The open source software is going through final testing and could be released before the end of the year. The mobile browser, also known as Fennec, will be able to sync with the desktop model. Any web pages open in a user’s desk top browser will automatically open in the mobile version. At the end of the working day you can walk away from your computer and keep on going on your phone, It encrypts all of the information and sends it back through the cloud between your desktop and mobile.
They are saying that a RC version of the Browser will be coming very soon. the final build of Windows Mobile version of the browser will be out early next year. There can be a release candidate next week and if all goes well a (final) version out in the next few weeks ( Not sure if this will be a Nokia only release or a Windows Mobile version ), and Mozilla has begun working on an Android version.
Skyfire is a free pocket pc software browser that supports support Flash, Silverlight, and a number of other technologies generally reserved for desktop browsers. The new version will also be speedier thanks to a server upgrade and keep any text entry box visible when the virtual keyboard is used.
Updates include :
full support for high-resolution screens
a sleeker user interface that is more finger friendly with crisper text
smoother zooming
full-screen mode that maximizes screen real estate
support for the VGA and wVGA resolutions
Kinetic scrolling to improve smoother browsing
remove all UI icons and elements from the screen to enlarge visibility of the browser ( touch screen devices )
Support for Adobe Flash 10 and Microsoft’s Silverlight. 1.5
“Fireplace – home screen” integrating RSS feeds, Facebook and Twitter feeds, and Gmail