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Programmers' / Webmasters' Corner: Real-life problems of the Windows Phone 7 browser and fixing them

Werner Ruotsalainen — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:07:07 +0000

OK, so, you want your pages to be rendered on the current pre-Mango (pre-7.5) Windows Phone 7 correctly? Don't be mislead that all(!) the other mobile platforms render them OK. Some of these platforms:

- Bada using even last year's version 1.x+; see THIS
- iOS
- and even the, otherwise, scripting-wise (see e.g. THIS) hugely restricted Opera Mini

New Bada-related post posted

Werner Ruotsalainen — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:01:38 +0000

New Bada-related post posted to http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/87/random-thoughts-bada-vs-ios

Quick tip: flashing the beta version of Bada 2.0 to your Samsung Wave (II)

Werner Ruotsalainen — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:33:01 +0000

Now that Samsung seems to be still dedicated to the Bada platform and has even been releasing a continuously worked-on and enhanced firmware, I decided to fully support it and also purchase two current Bada phones (the high-end S8530 and the middle-of-the-road S723) to post on programming both the new and the old Bada versions and to (help) port some genuine iOS projects to Bada.

Migrating data from Nokia phones to Android; other Android and OS X (Windows virtualization) tips

Werner Ruotsalainen — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:00:18 +0000

Today, I've played a bit with Nokia feature phone -> Android migration, file system access and Skype. I elaborate on them, should you face the same problem

Let's start with the second: file system and the phone with probably the best price/value ratio, the ZTE Blade. To make it visible for XP, you'll want to download the file system drivers from HERE.

Synchronizing PIM data on Android

Werner Ruotsalainen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:35:26 +0000

This won't be strictly a programming-related post, but as you may find this information useful, particularly if you want to quickly get your new Android phone synchronized without reading through tons of (largely outdated) articles and spending hours reading forums for user opinions, I still post it.

Unfortunately, synchronizing PIM (Personal information management) data (calendars and contacts; let alone tasks!) with Android phones is in no way as seamless as is with, say, Palm OS, Windows Mobile or even the iPhone.

My small gift to all of you WM2003(SE) users: great Web browser Opera Mini 5!

Werner Ruotsalainen — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:25:37 +0000

During the testing of the native Windows Mobile version of the current Opera Mini 5 beta (see THIS for more info), I've routinely tested it on my old, WM2003-only iPAQ 2210 Pocket PC.

Native Opera Mini version released and is just great!

Werner Ruotsalainen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:29:56 +0000

While (as of today, a month after it being demoed at MWC for the press) there still isnâ€™t any sign of the native iPhone version of one of the best Web browsers, Opera Mini, in the AppStore, the Opera folks donâ€™t seem to have stopped with porting their browser into other platforms. In addition to the iPhone, thereâ€™s also a brand new Windows Mobile version released just two days after my publishing my previous news report on Windows Mobile browsers.

Web Browsing News & Reviews & Tips and Tricks (01/Mar/2010)

Werner Ruotsalainen — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:42:24 +0000

While there are very-very few new releases for Windows Mobile (almost all of the games and a lot of app/utility developers seem to have jumped ship and went straight for the iPhone), Web browsers seem to continuously receive love from app developers. At MWC (where I was also present), there have been even two major, new releases (the new Opera Mobile and BOLT).

Great Playstation emulator FpseCE 0.10, finally, released! + video

Werner Ruotsalainen — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:16:21 +0000

We emulator freaks have been waiting for version FpseCE 0.10 for at least two and a half years. Back in May-June 2007 when I published my (almost) all-in-one article series on emulating other computing platforms (see THIS) on Windows Mobile, everyone was already waiting for FpseCE 0.10. This is why, back in 2007, I chose not to publish a PS Emulation Bible back in 2007, by the way â€“ I didnâ€™t want to end up having to (completely) rewrite it after the imminent release of the brand new version.

Multiplatform(!) review: Opera Mobile 10 beta released!

Werner Ruotsalainen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:20:17 +0000

I’ve thoroughly tested the brand new Opera Mobile 10 beta on all the supported mobile phone platforms (Windows Mobile Professional / Standard and Symbian S60). In general, apart from some problems, I liked what I saw – particularly on Symbian and the touchscreen version of Windows Mobile.

The browser is available for download HERE for both operating systems. For Windows Mobile, a unified download (for both subtypes) is provided.

1. Windows Mobile