Tag: MINIMO

While it might not be quite as exciting as Firefox for mobile phones, MobileRead forum member Adam B has enabled web browsing on the iLiad eBook reader. It turns out the iLiad ships with a stripped down version of the Minimo web browser for reading HTML files. Out of the box, you can't browse the web with this version of Minimo. But Adam B has released an update that effectively unlocks Minimo on ...

Could thisbe the start of "Browser Wars 2, the quest for the stronghold on the mobile world"? Microsoft has just entered the space with their new enhanced mobile browser offering, Deepfish. The Deepfish browser plays off of what the iPhone showed us a short while ago, showing the user a recreation of desktop browsing on mobile devices, not stripping anything out. Deepfish gives users on mobile ...

Last time we checked in on the Minimo project, the Windows Mobile web browser was in its infant stages. Now, with the release of version 0.2, it might be safe to call this little guy a toddler. The version of Internet Explorer that comes with Windows Mobile tends to be a bit on the anemic side. Pages are slow to load, and there's no support for tabbed browsing. Minimo is not an official Mozilla ...

The Mozilla Foundation has released a new version of the Minimo browser for Pocket PCs running the Gecko rendering engine. This is the first version that works on Dell Axim X50v (full-VGA) devices.  The Minimo browser is not a light version of Firefox, but a completely new browser based on the Mozilla codebase, much like Firefox was when it was started.  It's exciting to see alternatives ...