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Nokia N8 browser gets video demo: multitouch, Flash & more

, Apr 30th 2010 Discuss [4]

Nokia have offered a reasonable number of video demos of the new N8 smartphone, but one thing we've not seen before is how the Symbian^3 handset's browser works.  A video has been quietly added to YouTube demonstrating not just page rendering but kinetic scrolling, multitouch pinch-zooming and flash support, but if we were you we'd watch it sooner rather than later: one version has already been taken down. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Microsoft pushing H.264 HTML5 video in IE9; Flash has “reliability, security & performance” issues

, Apr 30th 2010 Discuss [1]

Apple and Microsoft might not always agree, but it seems they coincide when it comes to Flash video.  After Steve Jobs posted a lengthy critique of Adobe's technology yesterday - followed by a reasonably swift rebuttal from the company themselves - Microsoft's Dean Hachamovitch, general manager for IE9, has waded in to throw some support HTML5 and H.264's way.  According to Hachamovitch, "in its HTML5 support, IE9 will support playback of H.264 video only." Read The Full Story

Skyfire 2.0 for Android makes mobile Flash work [Video]

, Apr 29th 2010 Discuss [1]

You can be sure that the irony of Skyfire launching their Skyfire 2.0 Flash-happy browser for Android within hours of Steve Jobs taking Adobe to task over Flash being unsuitable for mobile devices will be well noted, but don't let that distract you from just what's on offer here.  The big news is the new "SkyBar", which throws in automatic Flash video streaming for otherwise broken video links, together with social networking integration. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

B&N nook v1.3 released: browser, games & Read In Store

, Apr 23rd 2010 Discuss [1]

Barnes & Noble have announced a new firmware version for their dual-screen nook ebook reader.  nook firmware v1.3 adds a new (beta) web browser, which uses the E Ink display for content and the touchscreen color LCD for navigation, together with faster page-turns, speedier ebook opening and some new games.  Meanwhile the Read In Store feature - which allows nook owners to preview entire ebooks while connected to B&N store WiFi - has now been activated. Read The Full Story

Over one million Opera Mini downloads already

, Apr 15th 2010 Discuss [1]

Apple approving Opera Mini for iPhone was perhaps the most surprising event of the week, and it comes as little surprise that owners of the smartphone have been downloading it in their droves.  After leaping to the number one download spot in the 22 featured Apple Stores on the company's site, Opera have just announced that the browser was downloaded more than one million times in its first day of availability in each market. Read The Full Story

Nokia N900 gets Google Chrome browser

, Apr 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

You could certainly make a strong case for the Nokia N900 being the most hack-friendly smartphone on the market today, and the reasons for loving the Maemo beast just keep on coming.  After Firefox was ported to the N900, Jacekowski took it on himself to port Google's Chrome browser for the smartphone, complete with Flash support. Read The Full Story

Apple WebKit2 adds baked-in split process support

, Apr 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's not just multitasking and giving the iPhone user-customisable wallpaper that Apple's engineers have been working on; the company have announced that they've developed a new split-process API for WebKit - the underlying engine of Safari and other browsers - which they're calling WebKit2.  Like in Chrome, WebKit2 splits web content such as JavaScript, HTML and layout into a separate process from the browser UI; however, unlike Chrome, Apple have baked WebKit2 into the framework so that use is not limited to Apple's own browser. Read The Full Story

Quake II gets HTML5 port for in-browser gaming [Video]

, Apr 2nd 2010 Discuss [2]

The comparative benefits of HTML5 and Flash are still being argued, but thanks to a team of three Google engineers we can mark another point up to the HTML5 side.  They've managed to port Quake II's game engine over to HTML5, so that you can play it completely within the browser.  The end result is 30fps gaming complete with file saving and multiplayer support. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Chrome browser gets baked-in Flash support

, Mar 31st 2010 Discuss [1]

Whether you're on the "bring on the Flash" side of the fence, or patiently counting down the days until its demise at the hands of HTML5, you can't escape the fact that much of the online content we see is powered by Adobe's technology.  Google have therefore announced a new build of the Google Chrome browser that has Flash baked in; it's the first step in their collaborative work with Adobe to tighten up the Flash experience with a new API rather than the flaky browser plug-in method currently used. Read The Full Story

iPhone, Safari, IE8 and Firefox security holes identified

, Mar 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

Every year security-minded tinkerers get together with the latest browsers and smartphones to see how quickly they can hack them, with the promise of thousands of dollars to motivate them.  It's all part of CanSecWest, and this year Safari, Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox were all exploited while the iPhone gave up its SMS database in a Pwn2Own hacking contest. Read The Full Story

Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview revealed: GPU-accelerated HTML5, new JavaScript engine, more

, Mar 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

We may have been looking to MIX10 for its juicy Windows Phone 7 series tidbits - and have you seen our demo videos of the latest apps and functionality? - but smartphones aren't the only think Microsoft want to talk to developers about.  Today has been Internet Explorer 9's turn to take to the stage, with the focus on hardware-accelerated HTML5, a new JavaScript engine and Direct 2D technology. Read The Full Story

RIM’s WebKit BlackBerry browser is fast, very fast [Video]

, Feb 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

RIM is showing off its new WebKit-based browser, for all its BlackBerry smartphones, and it’s in fact, rather fleet-footed.  Check out the video demonstration after the break. Read The Full Story
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