Книга: Web Browsers for Pdas: Safari, Opera Mini, Mobile Browser, Opera Mobile, Bolt Browser, Internet Explorer Mobile, Minimo, Thunderhawk, Skyfire

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Safari, Opera Mini, Mobile Browser, Opera Mobile, Bolt Browser, Internet Explorer Mobile, Minimo, Thunderhawk, Skyfire, Vision Mobile Browser, Skweezer, Microb, Blazer, Iris Browser, Uzard Web, Netfront, Teashark, Winwap, Ucweb. Excerpt: Blazer is a web browser available for Palm handhelds running Palm OS 3.1 or higher with 8MB of free memory available. The original version of Blazer was developed by Bluelark Systems and was released in November 2000 . Bluelark Systems was acquired by Handspring a month later, in December 2000 . Version 1.0 supported HTML , WAP , and the markup language used in i-Mode . Blazer 1 Blazer 1 was released in November 2000, and differentiated itself from other PalmOS web browsers at the time by its fast performance, progressive rendering, and support of WAP and i-Mode in addition to HTML. It utilized a proxy server which provided transcoding and image conversion optimized for small, underpowered handheld devices. Blazer 1 was available for free download. Blazer 2 Blazer 2 was released in early 2002. Blazer 2 added the ability to use proxy servers , SSL , 16 bit color, and an improved user interface. Blazer 2 was available both as product bundled with the Treo 180, and as a paid download. As of September 22, 2005, all copies of Blazer 1 and 2 were rendered inoperable as the proxy server for these browsers was taken offline by Palm. Blazer 3 Blazer 3 was a significant upgrade in the series. Palm, Inc. dumped the original code for Blazer and started fresh with the NetFront Browser Engine (most notably used in the Sony Clie ) as the core of the Blazer browser. It is bundled with Treo 600. Blazer 4 Next came Palm Blazer 4.0/4.1 . It is currently bundled with the Tungsten E2 , the Tungsten T5 , and the Treo 650 and 680. New Features included faster loading...