Way back before they bought Palmsource (and the Palm OS), ACCESS was a little-known company that developed web browsers for mobile devices. One of their biggest customers was Sony, which used the Netfront web browser for the Sony CLIE handheld devices. While ACCESS is still having problems getting licencees for its ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP) operating system, it managed to score a deal with Amazon. The Amazon Kindle ebook reader has a built-in web browser that is powered by Netfront 3.3.
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Are you considering the new Treo 500v smartphone from Palm? Tim Carroll of PalmInfocenter has a fairly long and comprehensive review of the new Windows Mobile device. The Treo 500v is designed as an entry-level smartphone running Windows Mobile. Like its Palm OS counterpart the Centro, it has its hits and misses.
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What’s your favourite mobile web browser? I usually just use Palm’s built-in Blazer on my Treo 680. One cross-platform browser that has been gaining popularity is the Opera Mini browser from Opera Software. Opera Mini is quite full-featured. It automatically resizes web pages to fit your phone’s screen. There’s an iPhone-like feature where it will show you the entire page, and you can double-tap the screen to zoom in. It does feel a little bit faster compared to Blazer.
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Like ebooks? eReader is having a one-day sale to celebrate American Thanksgiving. Valid for today only (23rd November 2007), you can use the coupon code BLKFRY when you check out from the eReader store. The code will get you a 20% discount off all ebooks priced at more than $3.