Here is a video demo of the new Sprint version of the Palm Treo Pro, the very first Windows Mobile smartphone to include the latest Internet Explorer 6 browser. This browser, based on the IE6 engine, is pretty powerful, with support for Flash and gives a PC feel while working on it. Of course, it does get slow sometimes, in spite of Palm Treo Pro’s 528MHz CPU. All-in-all, though, this is definitely worth the experience. Watch both the parts of the Palm Treo Pro demo and let us know what you think.
Sprint has officially made an announcement that will make most of you mobile freaks out there, really happy. Sprint has said that the Windows Mobile 6.1 powered Palm Treo Pro would ship along with the Internet Explorer Mobile 6 browser installed within it. The IE Mobile 6 browser is often referred to as “6 on 6” because it is completely based on the desktop IE 6 engine. This has also joined the latest AKU 1.4 release of Windows Mobile 6.1. Additionally, this will also be available on some other new Windows Mobile 6.1 run devices that fulfill the minimum required configuration of 128MB RAM and 400MHz processor.
We had never expected this move so fast, as we were told that IE Mobile 6 would come into the picture only after Windows Mobile 6.5 powered devices entered the market. Anyway, the Palm Treo Pro is scheduled for arrival on the 15th of March, so we have only a short wait ahead.
According to Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Director Scott Rockfeld, Microsoft is partnering up with China Mobile to deliver Internet Explorer on Samsung Omnia phones. China Mobile was chosen as the first operator to get mobile IE6 because the software giant hopes to tap the vast growth in the number of new mobile users in the country.
Microsoft actually aims towards a faster growth than the market by aiming to strategically invest in new users rather than converting existing users of the competing phones like the iPhone or Google’s Android.
Last week Microsoft released its emulator images for IE6 for Windows Mobile touting its browser as first “full-fledged” mobile browser which is capable of rendering richer content. Omnia runs a customized version of the Windows Mobile. Microsoft announced its China Mobile partnership at Mobile Asia Congress which was held in Macau.
NOTE: I created a picture of Samsung Omnia with Internet Explorer Mobile shown below for imagination.
