mobile, browsers
Media reports about the iPhone note that it has Safari installed, but don’t provide any real details. I would guess that it must have a different UI than the Safari that runs on Mac machines, but I haven’t had time to watch the videos yet to see. I’m wondering what display-mode options it provides (if any) — something similar to the Nokia S60 browser’s “mini map”, or like Opera’s small-screen rendering or fit-to-width?
Update: OK, so it looks like it displays pages in the same layout as you’d see them in in a desktop browser, then uses some smart and slick zooming to let you focus in on whatever part of the page you want to view. As noted in some of the media reports, it’s much like the zooming features in Opera running on the Wii. Very much like.
Update: See the iPhone writeup over at the WapReview site.
Update: See Peter Harbeson’s This is my iEntry over at the S60 browser blog. Peter has the following to say about Apple’s claim about iPhone Safari being “the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device…”:
Maybe it’s just me, but wouldn’t you think that since our browser and Safari are pretty much the same thing…
2007-01-10 ·
mobile, browsers
Yahoo! has launched what looks to be a very clever search service, targeted for access from mobile devices. It’s called oneSearch and I suspect it’s something that they must have had a pretty smart team putting a truckload of work into designing, developing, and testing. You can find more information about it over at the Yahoo! search blog. Here’s a nutshell description:
With limited bandwidth, screen size and time, this service puts information all right in front of you without having to click on multiple links and then find your way back through a convoluted navigation process, as you might have to do on a more conventional mobile search service.
It’s also interesting to hear that Opera and Yahoo! have shaken hands on a deal to make Yahoo! “the exclusive provider of mobile search” on Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, “across more than 100 countries worldwide”. See the Opera press release and writeup over at webpronews site.
2007-01-09 ·
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mobile
Ken Banks of kiwanja.net has announced that kiwanja.net has launched a new online database of projects around the world that are using mobile technologies for
social and environmental initiatives. Spread the word and contribute listings to it.
kiwanja.net has also created an online gallery of royalty-free
images related to mobile technologies. It’s free for anybody to
use, but especially intended for NGOs and non-profits who want
images to use in “brochures, general literature, websites or
project reports and proposals”.
2007-01-09 ·
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David Storey gave me a heads-up about a review of a new version of the Nokia S60 browser that ships in “S60 3dEditionFeaturePack 1″.
2007-01-07 ·
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