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Firefox Mobile 1.0 RC3 Available For Maemo
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | If you’ve got a Nokia tablet or other device running the Maemo platform, you can grab the third release candidate of Firefox Mobile, out today with faster page loading, seamless desktop browser syncing through Mozilla’s weave platform, and many more cool things. More »
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AdBlock Plus Working On Firefox Mobile Builds
2:10AM Kevin Purdy | The developers of Fennec, a.k.a. Firefox Mobile, have stated that support for add-ons will differentiate it from other mobile browsers. Much like Firefox’s desktop version, a preview build of reader favourite AdBlock Plus might ensure Fennec gets its proper due. More »
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Opera 9.7 Beta Brings Turbo Mode To Windows Mobile Phones
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows Mobile: Opera’s released an early, partially-featured beta of its Mobile browser that brings the server-side browsing speed-ups of Opera Turbo to touchscreen phones. More »
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Firefox Mobile Available For HTC Touch Pro, Windows Mobile Phones
12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox’s mobile browser, Fennec, is available in “milestone” (read: very alpha) downloads for HTC Touch Pro phones, but also most any Windows Mobile phone running at VGA (480×640). Early reports say it’s working, if slow. As the Mozilla team itself notes, this release has plug-ins disabled, features no soft keyboard input, doesn’t allow for program or add-on updating, and a few other “punts” made to get a working release out. Still, if you want to test out Fennec’s unique navigation and mobile browsing helpers and you’ve got a Windows Mobile phone, it could be worth a try—even if web site loading is not exactly snappy at this point. Fennec is a free download, built for the HTC Touch Pro but capable of running on Windows Mobile phones. A direct CAB link can be found right under the “Installation” heading in the link below. Fennec Milestone Release for Windows Mobile [Brad's Blog (Mozilla) via Gizmodo] More »
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IYHY Strips Websites Down For Fast Text Browsing
1:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | IYHY is a web-based service that acts as a text-only proxy, stripping down websites for faster load times. Like previously reviewed page minimisersBareSite and Finch, IYHY returns just the basic text of the site you plug into it. With Lifehacker.com and and news.google.com as our test sites, though, IYHY beat the two previous sites hands down for clarity and condensation. Formatting is cleaner, no images were mistakenly thrown back into the mix, comments were still visible, and with IYHY there were no annoying [IMAGE] tags scattered throughout the stripped content. For mobile browsing or surreptitious reading at the office, IYHY does a suberb job stripping all non-text elements from a site. There is no login required for the basic proxy service, but with a free account you can save your most frequently accessed sites to save some time—and your thumbs. IYHY [via MakeUseOf] More »
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Wikipedia Officially Launches Mobile Version
3:00AM Adam Pash | Popular user-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia has released a mobile-friendly version of the web site at mobile.wikipedia.org. The site offers a trimmed down version of Wikipedia proper, supports 14 languages, and even has a mysterious Spoken Wikipedia setting that—though currently not enabled, may presumably one day read Wikipedia articles to you. More »
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Flickr Updates Its Mobile Interface
6:30AM Gina Trapani | Photo-sharing site Flickr’s mobile interface (m.flickr.com) got a facelift and a few upgrades today, notably the ability to play back video clips. Right now the Flickr folks say video playback is limited to the iPhone and iPod touch, but despite several tries on my iPhone, I never did see any video movement. (Update: Video playback’s rolling out to iPhone/iPod touch users over the next few weeks.) Once it’s available to all, mobile Flickrinos will love this upgrade. [via Tech Crunch] More »
Google revamps & localises mobile search
1:50PM Sarah Stokely | Google has revamped its Australian mobile search service – accessible at www.google.com.au/m.
The mobile search engine searches through the
web, mobile web, news articles, local business listings, and
image index to get the information needed and provides the most
relevant results.
It also remembers your location, so once you’ve searched for “restaurant Sydney” it will localise your future searches to Sydney results too.
In other Google mobile search news, the Google Operating System blog reports that Google will replace Yahoo! as the default search engine for the Opera Mobile and Opera Mini mobile browsers from next month.
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Google Updates Their Mobile Interface, Adds iGoogle, Customizable
6:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Google already released a fast and friendly optimised mobile page for iPhone and iPod touch users, but now they’re at it again. The mobile page is sporting an updated look, faster navigating, and improved auto-complete suggestions for everything from search to Gmail contacts. You can also customise tabs and use your iGoogle homepage from the mobile interface. You may be wondering why Google is so gaga for iPhone interfaces, but the fact is, when Google’s Andriod phones hit the streets, they’ll be running a similar WebKit-based browser, so even if you’re not looking to buy an Apple product anytime soon, this interface may be in your future. galleryPost('Google Mobile for iPhone', 5, ''); Lifehacker photo galleries require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser. Google on the iPhone: Macworld Makeover [Official Google Blog] More »
