Alternative Internet Browsers

Alternative Internet Browsers:

Detailed overview of all alternative webbrowsers 

The built-in Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) is a basic, slimmed version of the desktop Internet Explorer it goes without saying, that it has a lot of limitations. Depending on the version of the program it may or may not have the ability for 128 bit encryption, there is no Java, Flash or Axtive-X and my all time best: no tabs, that is there can only be one instance of PIE at any time showing one address. Luckily for us, some sites are optimized for mobile browsing will recognize that the client reading their content is PIE and will provide it with data especially suited for the device's / platforms limitations (that is optimized for quick downloading, small screen etc). But most sites will not even load on PIE, while others will have limited functionality. There are some alternatives for resolving the mentioned shortcommings of PIE.

Fennec (Mozilla Firebird for Windows Mobile)

Fennec is an open source Internet navigator (latest version can be obtained here) for Windows Mobile, based on the Mozilla Firebird browser with functions such as tab management, zoom and many others.

Pro's of Minimo:

• Tabbed interface
• Great features
• Can be installed on a memory card

Con's of Minimo:

• Huge memory requirements: 10.9 Mb for installing Minimo, and another 10 Mb of RAM to run it.
• It is a Beta product, and currently it is quite unstable, has problems with increasing memory consumption (memory leaks).

Netfront

Netfront is a commercial webbrowser ($29.80) developed by Access. It actually is platform independent: there is also a version for Symbian. By many it is considered the best mobile webbrowser on the market.

Pro's of Netfront:

• Tabbed browsing 
• Support for Flash® annimations
• Support for Javaâ„¢ scripting
• Supports DHTML and XHTML
• Integrated search bar (Google, Yahoo!, Infoseek)
• Zoom option
• Offline browsing
• Support for VGA screens
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