Palm OS 5 to boast full Web browser
Source: Network World Fusion
Later this year, enterprise users of Palm OS devices for the first time will get a fully equipped Web browser with the Palm OS operating system.
A release of the upcoming Palm OS 5 will feature a "traditional" Web browser to enable users to access the whole of the Web, said Steve Sakoman, chief product officer of PalmSource, Palm's operating system division. PalmSource is licensing the browser from a third party that he declined to name.
Currently, users of wireless Palm devices access specially created Web sites that are part of the company's Palm.net network. The information on these sites is formatted using Palm's Web clipping technology, which eliminates unneeded graphical elements and optimizes the resulting page for the Palm's small screen. Some Palm OS licensees, such as Handspring with its Blazer browser, let users access the Internet through a proxy server.
