Chad Vavra

At the beginning of the year I said that this will be the year mobile internet really launches in the U.S. Reluctantly I admitted that is due to Safari on the iPhone. Regardless the source of it, it’s coming true. Just take a look at the recent news and updates coming for those of us who carry a phone we are allowed to install applications on, unlike the 3 million iPhone fools.

Opera Mobile 9.5
The upcoming Opera Mobile 9.5 browser for Windows Mobile will also support Flash, according to Opera. Opera hasn’t announced a firm release date for the new browser, though. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2258035,00.asp
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2008/02/05/

Firefox Mobile
You can already get a Mozilla-based browser for the Nokia N800 and Firefox is a key part of Ubuntu Mobile and the new Intel Internet Project, and most recently ARM has put serious effort towards Firefox on mobile devices. http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/schrep/archives/2007/10/mozilla_and_mobile.html

Skyfire
Skyfire is a free, downloadable mobile web browser that makes browsing on your phone exactly like browsing on your PC. Now, you can use the web from your mobile phone with unprecedented speed and simplicity.
http://www.skyfire.com/product

The Iris Browser
The Iris Browser™ brings an unparalleled full Web experience to mobile and embedded devices. Based on the WebKit rendering engine, the Iris Browser is small, fast and user-friendly. It is available exclusively from Torch Mobile on several platforms.
http://www.torchmobile.com/

MSN Direct Smartphone
Find the right information, right when you need it. Use MSN Direct to check for the latest news, current weather conditions, and get stock reports sent straight to your phone.
http://phone.msndirect.com/phone/download.html

Funambol
This is a big deal, don’t glance past it. Funambol is offering PUSH service for free. This is what corporations like RIM, Microsoft, and Apple/AT&T charge out the wazoo for.

Free mobile email, contacts and calendar on mass market phones.
myFUNAMBOL (http://my.funambol.com) enables you to get mobile email on your phone, backup contacts and calendar over the air, and use contacts and calendars from desktop mail clients with your iPhone and iPod…. Also note that while myFUNAMBOL can perform “push” email using multiple methods (such as SMS Push and TCP/IP Push) for 1.5 billion phones on hundreds of networks
http://www.funambol.com

Thunderhawk
ThunderHawk mobile Web browser from Bitstream provides a familiar desktop browsing experience on the mobile Internet.
http://www.bitstream.com/wireless/index.html

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