Category Archives: Browsers

UC Browser 7.5 for Android English Translation

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Click images to zoom Fans of the UC Browser on Android can now download an English language translation of the latest version of the Chinese proxy browser. UC Forum member James, aka JBIN did the translation. According to him the translation is not complete. It’s certainly usable, top level menus are in English although there are still some Chinese only fields in sub-menus and the browser start page (image top left) and some of the prompts (image bottom right) are … Continue reading →

Over 40 Bookmarklets for Mobile Browsers

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I’ve updated the Mobile Bookmarklets page at o.yeswap.com. It has over 40 tested mobile bookmarklets and instructions for using them. I’ve gone through the page and fixed bookmarks that were no longer working where possible and deleted the broken ones that I couldn’t fix. I also added a couple of new bookmarkets. New bookmarklets added: Add to Pinboard – adds the current page to the social bookmarking site pinboard.in Add to Diigo – adds the current page to the social … Continue reading →

Bolt Browser 2.5 – HTML5, Geolocation, Improved UI and Ads

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Click images to view full size. Bitstream released a new version of the Bolt Java ME browser at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday. It’s Bolt 2.5 and new features include support for more HTML5 features including  the Geolocation API, the ability to play Facebook videos and some subtle tweaks to the UI that make it more touch friendly and reduce the number of clicks needed to perform common actions. Download Bolt 2.5 from: boltbrowser.com/dnld.html (PC) or boltbrowser.com/aindex (mobile … Continue reading →

How to Increase the Font Size in the WebOS Browser

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I picked up my first WebOS device last week. It’s a Palm Pixi Plus for Verizon which is being closed out for around $69 on Amazon and elsewhere. I got the Pixi mainly for testing web sites in the WebOS browser using WiFi. I activated it on PagePlus Cellular, a Verizon prepaid MVNO which only requires a $10 refill every 120 days to keep your account active. The per minute and per text rates are pretty low too although data … Continue reading →

Firefox 4 Mobile Beta 4 for Android – Fast, Stable, Nearly Complete

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Last week Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 4 Mobile, Beta 4 for  Maemo and Android (release notes).  My current Android devices (HTC Sapphire and Motorola i1) don’t meet Firefox Mobile’s minimum hardware requirements so I haven’t played with Firefox Mobile since I wrote about version 1.0 on an Nokia N900 review unit a year ago. Today I managed to wrest my wife’s HTC EVO out of her hands long enough to install the latest Firefox Mobile and give it a quick … Continue reading →

UC Browser 7.5 for Java ME Goes Public

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UC Browser 7.5 for Java ME has been released.  There are no obvious differences from the Beta I blogged about last month, although I imagine there are some behind the scenes bug fixes. Download UC 7.5 Java from ucweb.com or wap.uc.cn (mobile). If you get a non-English page, click the “English” link at the top of the page (bottom of the page on the mobile version) and  then click “Java“. Both signed and unsigned versions are available.  Use the signed … Continue reading →

Download the New UC Browser 7.5 Beta For Java ME

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Yesterday China’s UC Mobile Ltd released a Beta of the a 7.5 version of the UC Browser for Java ME. It’s available in English, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Russian, but only from the UC Forum. Registration is required to download from the forum and I experienced problems installing the app via my phone’s browser using the Jad file links in the forum post.  There was a minor formatting issue with the files.  I posted direct links to corrected versions of the … Continue reading →