Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

My Nokia Blog – Symbian and Maemo Tips, Reviews and Downloads

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Jay Montano’s My Nokia Blog is one of my favorite Nokia specific sites. Covering Symbian and Maemo and updated daily, the site is full of tips for making the most of your Nokia smartphone. There are also reviews of the newest Nokias with plenty of quality photos and videos and a catalog of free apps, games and themes. Jay recently got his hands on an N900 and has done an extensive review and several videos of it and has posted … Continue reading →

Skyfire 1.5 for Windows Mobile Released

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Another day another new mobile browser! Today Skyfire launched version 1.5 of its server assisted browser for Windows Mobile (aka Windows Phone). I don’t have a supported phone so I can’t do a hands on, but if you are WinMo user I suggest that you head over to m.skyfire.com and grab the update.  If  you prefer to download Skyfire 1.5 to your PC for side loading visit get.skyfire.com.  To get a preview of Skyfire 1.5 check out this official video … Continue reading →

Google’s Big QR Code Push – 100,000 Favorite Places Get Store Front Decals

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Yesterday Google did something that should light a fire under the lagging adoption of mobile barcodes in the US.  They are sending window decals featuring a QR code to the 100,000 US businesses that are  most searched using Google.  The decals also have the Google Maps logo and identify the business as a “Favorite Place on Google“. Users with QR code readers on their phones can point the phone’s camera at the QR code, press a button and be taken … Continue reading →

Bolt Browser 1.6 – Password Manager, Set As Default Browser on Blackberrys

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The mobile browser wars continue.  Hot on the heels of Opera’s second Beta of Mini and Mobile and UCWB’s version 7 release, Bitsream today announced that Bolt 1.6 is now available for download. If you are running a previous version of Bolt, you should be prompted to upgrade. New users can point their mobile or PC browsers at boltbrowser.com to download Bolt 1.6. According to the press release, the new features in Bolt 1.6 are: For all mobile data networks … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #192

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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2045 mobile sites. Shopping/Stores ToysRUs toysrus.digby.com/shops/web/toysrus Online toy catalog and store locator for ToysRUs and BabiesRUs stores in the US. Online ordering using your stored ToyRUs account information or you use a credit card (requires a lot of keying). A “Middle-Web” site for … Continue reading →

UCWEB Android Version Found!

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While poking around on the Chinese language UCWEB site looking for release notes for UCWEB 7.  I discovered an Android version of UCWEB7 Beta 1. I downloaded it to my Google Ion (aka HTC Mgic) and it seems to work pretty well.  It’s rather basic, with only fit-to-width “Adaptive Mode”.  I couldn’t find a way to zoom or vary the text size. But it is fast and supports tabs. The UI is in Chinese but uses icons to represent functions … Continue reading →

Updated: UCWEB 7 Final Released

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UCWEB 7 is out of Beta.  The official release is in Chinese only but, Manojr “Mannuforall” Tiwari  has done an unofficial English translation which is available on his blog. A release announcement with screenshots and a list of features (in Chinese) is  here (Google translation). I’m hard pressed to see any significant differences between this version and the leaked pre-release version I reported on last week.  Hopefully there are some bug fixes.  I did notice minor translation related differences in … Continue reading →

Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 – Does Progressive Loading Speed Up Browsing?

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Following up on yesterday’s release of new Opera Mini Beta, the official Opera Mini Blog published a short list of the main enhancements in Beta 2. It includes an explanation of the new “Progressive Loading” feature in this release. According to Opera, “your browsing experience will be faster and better” with progressive loading because pages are loaded in chunks allowing the page to start displaying sooner.  I was surprised because I hadn’t noticed that Beta 2 was any faster than … Continue reading →