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Internet Explorer Mobile
Developer(s)Microsoft
Stable release11.0 (February 10, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-10)) [±]
Operating systemWindows CE, Mobile
TypeMobile browser
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteInternet Explorer Mobile Website

Internet Explorer Mobile (formerly named Pocket Internet Explorer; commonly abbreviated to IE Mobile)[1] is a mobile browser developed by Microsoft, based on versions of the Trident layout engine. IE Mobile comes loaded by default with Windows Phone 7 and Windows CE.

The current Internet Explorer Mobile version is based on the desktop version of Internet Explorer; however, older versions of IE Mobile are not based on the same layout engine. IE Mobile is available both for Windows CE, Windows Phone 7, and earlier Windows Mobile platforms, though the former is more feature-rich. The latest version, Internet Explorer Mobile 7, is based on the IE7 Trident rendering engine with improvements borrowed from IE8's version of Trident, and is included with Windows Phone 7. A custom version was also built for the Zune HD. The previous version included with Windows Mobile 6.5, Internet Explorer Mobile 6.0, is based on the IE6 Trident rendering engine with improvements.

Version history

Pocket Internet Explorer

Pocket Internet Explorer 1

Pocket Internet Explorer was first introduced in Windows CE 1.0, released in November 1996. It does not derive from the Internet Explorer code and was written from scratch for being as light-weight as possible. PIE 1.1 was later released that supported cookies, HTTPS, and SSL.

Pocket Internet Explorer 2-3

Pocket Internet Explorer 2.0, released in September 1997 with Windows CE 2.0, added many new features: offline browsing, resizing images to fit to screen, and richer HTML support, including framesets and tables. PIE 3.0, introduced in July 1998 with Windows CE 2.10, added support for JScript and various secure protocols.

Pocket Internet Explorer 4

Pocket Internet Explorer 4 was the first to support ActiveX, CSS, VBScript as well as further extending support for HTTPS and advanced HTML features. Pocket PC 2002 version of PIE brought limited support for DHTML and XML, and also the ability to browse WAP sites – a feature not present in Internet Explorer for PC, Internet Explorer 6.0 added support for IFrames. The web browser supports FTP, XSLT, cookies and animated GIFs among other features.

Internet Explorer Mobile

Internet Explorer Mobile 6

On July 8, 2008 at the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced Internet Explorer Mobile 6 for their next version of Windows Mobile. Andy Lees, Microsoft's senior vice president of mobile communications business said that Internet Explorer Mobile 6 was going to be a full version of Internet Explorer 6 on Windows Mobile.[2][3] It was shown running briefly during Microsoft's 2009 CES Keynote on a Palm Treo Pro,[4] and again in an official video for Toshiba's TG01 phone, which has Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor.[5]

Internet Explorer Mobile 6 was released as part of Windows Mobile 6.5. New features include enhanced Javascript and AJAX support (Jscript v5.7 from Internet Explorer 8) and support for Adobe Flash Lite 3.1.[6] The browser also has a redesigned finger friendly Graphical user interface.[7][8][9] Overall rendering quality and speed are also improved with this version;[8][9] however according to Gizmodo and Engadget it doesn't render pages as well as does Opera Mobile and browsers based on Webkit.[8][9][10]

Internet Explorer Mobile 7

Acid3 test result for Internet Explorer Mobile 7

On February 15th, 2010 Microsoft unveiled its next-generation mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7.[11] With it, came a new version of the Internet Explorer Mobile browser. So far, new features for the browser include multi-touch gesture support, tabbed browsing, a new UI, smooth zoom in/out animations, and a hybrid rendering engine of the Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 desktop versions[12]. One unique feature of this version of IE Mobile for Windows Phone 7 is that; Microsoft can automatically update the layout engine and add features, independently of the new Windows Phone Update system in Windows Phone 7.[13] Internet Explorer Mobile 7 scores 12/100 on the Acid3 test. Rendering speed and quality has significantly improved and is now on par with those of competing mobile browsers based on WebKit.[14][15]

User agent

Internet Explorer Mobile 7 on Windows Phone 7 can be set to either "mobile view" or "desktop view". When in mobile view, the UA string of Windows Phone 7 is given by:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows Phone OS 7.0; Trident/3.1; IEMobile/7.0; <DeviceManufacturer>; <DeviceModel>)

The UA string in desktop view looks almost similar to that of the Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows 7 with some additional identifiers.

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; XBLWP7; ZuneWP7)

See also

References

  1. ^ Ramig, Randy (October 04, 2005). "IE Mobile blog". Microsoft Developer Network. Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-02-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Andy Lees: Worldwide Partner Conference 2008". Microsoft. July 8, 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  3. ^ Hess, Arne (25.09.2008). "BROWSER: Microsoft's Internet Explorer Mobile 6 aka 6 on 6 is real and shows its face". the unwired. Retrieved 2010-02-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Bohn, Dieter (Jan 8, 2009). "Microsoft Keynote Outs Sprint Treo Pro on the Sly". WMExperts. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  5. ^ "Official Toshiba TG01 promotional video". WMPower User. February 4th, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Internet Explorer Mobile 6". Microsoft Windows Mobile Team Blog. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  7. ^ "IE 6 for Windows phones: Interface improved". CNet. 6 October 2009.
  8. ^ a b c "Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There's No Excuse For This". Gizmodo. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  9. ^ a b c "Windows Mobile 6.5 review". Engadget. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  10. ^ "Windows Mobile 6.5 Review:It Still Sucks". MobileCrunch. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  11. ^ "Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series" (Press release). Microsoft. Feb. 15, 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Fried, Ina (2010-02-15). "Microsoft hits redial in phone effort (Q&A)". CNet. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  13. ^ "Update: CSS and js support in ie Mobile for Windows phone 7".
  14. ^ http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-browser-surprisingly-good/
  15. ^ http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/exclusive-windows-phone-7-web-browser-comparison
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