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News about mobile browsers
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Report: Bing to Become the iPhone's Search Engine
Apple reportedly is in talks with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine on the iPhone's Safari Web browser, according to Business Week. The idea may sound surprising, but it shows how deep the ongoing battle between Google and Apple (which started after the Google Voice iPhone application was barred entry into the iTunes App Store) has become.
By Ian Paul | 21 January, 2010 02:07
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Apple slams the door on Adobe Flash
There is much excitement and celebration today in the world of mobile phones. Adobe announced that Flash Player 10.1 will soon be gracing the diminutive screen of your mobile phone...unless you have an iPhone.
By Tony Bradley | 06 October, 2009 07:03
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Opera beats iPhone in mobile browser share
Opera is the world's number one mobile browser, overtaking the Apple iPhone's Safari browser in May 2009 - according to data from StatCounter Global Stats.
By Lexton Snol | 05 June, 2009 00:25
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Opera edges Safari as No. 1 mobile browser. Or does it?
Opera regained a slight lead over Apple to become the most-used mobile browser in May, according to data from StatCounter. Or maybe not.
By John Cox | 04 June, 2009 06:55
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Mobile browsers bring new security headaches
The new generation of mobile Web browsers is going to introduce for enterprise IT departments a rash of security challenges. The good news is that many of those challenges are familiar ones, from desktop browsers.
By John Cox | 05 March, 2009 11:18
Features about mobile browsers
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Which smartphone has the best browser?
Browsing the Web while you're on the move is one of the perks of owning a smartphone. The new touchscreen phones now entering the market are ideal for this job, as they're equipped to display Web pages on their large, high-resolution screens.
By Daniel Ionescu | 14 September, 2009 23:26
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Nokia S60 touch browser needs too many touches
The Palm Pre, iPhone, and Android browsers were designed specifically for touchscreen phones. In contrast, the S60 browser that Nokia's touchscreen phones use goes back to an older S60 interface that did not focus on touchscreen use. This fact may explain some of the S60 browser's lingering limitations.
By Daniel Ionescu | 15 September, 2009 00:21
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iPhone's Safari leads on sexy smarts
Most people would agree that Apple's mobile Safari browser is one of the iPhone's great strengths. While Steve Jobs leaned on the iPhone engineers to get the new device just right, on the other side of the house Apple's browser people also felt under pressure to do their part. Everyone at Apple knew that much of the iPhone's magic would lie in the way it accessed Web content.
By Daniel Ionescu | 15 September, 2009 00:18
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BlackBerry Storm browser keeps pace with peers
Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm features a Java-based full-HTML browser, which RIM claims is in the same class with the browsers on iPhone, Palm Pre, Nokia, and Android devices. In many respects, that assertion is true.
By Daniel Ionescu | 14 September, 2009 23:45
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Palm Pre browser matches up well with iPhone safari
The Palm Pre's WebOS browser is a relatively recent entrant in the mobile browser arena, arriving in early June of this year. But the Pre's new mobile browser comes fully prepared for a battle royale with other leading smartphone browsers.
By Daniel Ionescu | 14 September, 2009 23:23
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