Try Internet Explorer Mobile 6 on your desktop

Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:48
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The Windows Mobile team has announced the release of emulators and documentation for Internet Explorer Mobile 6 public, (a new mobile web browser to watch out for in the Windows Mobile platform). They say that the upcoming version would only be released on latest models, and there wouldn’t be any official way for the existing users to avail this upgrade.

At the time of launching the latest version of the default Windows Mobile web browser, Microsoft had promised that it would be introduced right before the end of this year, but only on some devices. The most observable augmentation in this latest version is that it will back up new types of integrated streaming video, like Adobe Flash.

Besides, there are going to be a number of changes under the hood, and this application will be built-in with the features from the desktop versions of both Internet Explorer 8 & Internet Explorer 6. The existing IE Mobile is founded on a version of this browser that’s more than a decade old. The users are told to purchase a new handheld or smartphone if they want to get Internet Explorer Mobile 6.

The Windows Mobile team is quoted as saying on its official blog:

“Regarding making IE Mobile available as a separate download or update, the rich media experiences that IE Mobile 6 enables require more powerful, advanced devices. That is why it will not be available as an upgrade or direct download for current phones, but rather will be made available on new phones.”

Additional features include:

* Easy switching between mobile and desktop versions of sites by specifying UA strings.
* Improved multimedia experience (Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 for Adobe Flash content)
* Enhanced Script and AJAX support (Jscript v5.7 from Internet Explorer
* Improved fidelity (support for full fidelity desktop rendering)
* Layout fixes to accommodate a mobile screen (text wrap)
* Touch and gesture support – pan support
* Enhanced cursor navigation model
* Deeper integration with search
* Multiple zoom levels