TeaShark Threatens To Gobble Up the Windows Mobile Internet Beachfront
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For the past several months, I have been covering the brewing Windows Mobile Internet browser wars. Within the space of a few weeks, we saw announcements of new mobile browsers from a variety of tried and true companies, such as Netfront and Opera; as well as a few newcomers like SkyFire. The latest entry is another newcomer, and it threatens to be ferocious.
It seems like each browser to be released offers its own unique take on how to best approach the mobile web. This has created quite a bit of excitement and, I must say, for the first time since my HP Jornada, I find myself looking forward to browsing the web with all of these new and creative approaches.
So, what makes TeaShark different? According to their site, TeaShark, which is a Java-based browser, offers quite a few unique features, including:
- Full web page rendering, just like your desktop
- Intelligent mouse for easy navigation
- 2-level zooming for scrolling or reading
- multitab viewing, full Internet history, and color coded bookmarks
Check out TeaShark. Once you have it loaded, check back with us and let us know what you think. Is this a worthy adversary in the mobile browser wars? As the ranks of mobile browsing tools swell, what is your favorite new browser on your device?
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I have to give this a no-go. Installed it yesterday and I realized that it did not support touch screen which means you are left to navigate with your DPAD and softkeys. As you can guess, navigation can be a really chore. I much prefer Opera Mini’s finger scrolling.
On top of that, I noticed that after a while, the application did not respond to my softkey inputs. I am not sure exactly why. The application was running properly and my phone was not frozen or anything like that. 3 out of 3 times, it happened. Not sure if it’s due to my device setup (running Eten Glofiish X500 with JBED) but it’s a fairly fresh install.
Anyone had better luck?
I agree, I was not particularly impressed. Particularly since I have used SkyFire and really liked the looks of that. No mobile browser I have used has lived up to the potential of Skyfire.
Doug
Skyfire’s nice but it’s a tad slow in some instances. Plus the fact that I am not able to switch SIPs in the application really gets to me. But I do agree, it’s one of the better browsers out there. I just hope they’ll improve it in the next release.
I got an email from Skyfire yesterday saying that they had made significant improvements (I was actually in on the earlier beta than you).
My biggest complaint with Skyfire was that it eats through batteries if you accidentally leave it connected. But I loved the interface.
Doug
Oh yeah I got that email too. For me, since I do not have a mobile data connection, I used WiFi so in terms of battery drain, it’s the same as using any other web browser.
TeaShark is a revolutionary product for your winmo brethren of the non touch variety. in my experience thus far, it currently outperform opera mini in terms of usability and convenience with its innovative find text feature and the ability to select text on with a click and use it to search google, wikipedia, etc. I know that in particular is something you ppc folks have been able to take advantage of, but it is a nice change of pace for standard devices. To be fair, opera mini processes data slightly faster, but the more beautiful rendering of TeaShark makes the extra second worth the wait for a page that looks indistinguishable hardly from my favorite browser, safari. just my two cents as written from TeaShark on my bjII
Sam, great perspective. I do not have a non-touch screen device, so it is fantastic to hear how well TeaShark is working for you.
Doug