http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Not only restrict, but capitalize on it. I foresee prices for data plans going up. And mandatory data plans for dumbphones. *cough*Verizon*cough*]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://bit.ly/google-chrome-netbook-rumor-overview]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Maybe not so much restrict..but definitely capitalize on it. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Well the N900, as pictured above, uses a browser derived from Firefox 3.0. Mozilla is also pushing Firefox Mobile out for it, which uses the same engine but has a more low-profile UI.

So my phone already has a browser that is effectively equal to my desktop. All I need is a faster connection and no cap on my downstream and we're good.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
I don't think that's how you spell 'Opera']]>Jan 15th 2010 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://i50.tinypic.com/2qd1ojd.png

I honestly cannot see any difference between browsing on my desktop and browsing on my N900, sans the speed of course, but even with such qualities it still is the spediest mobile browser I have ever used. There is little left to be desired.]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
Good point there, I can't say I'm against Webkit after Chrome and all the goood things I've heard about it. Opera does have the maturity and brand name of a browser that has been on the game long enough. I really don't understand why the desktop version is ignored this much as it is on par with (if not better than) the other mainstream desktop browsers.]]>Jan 16th 2010 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
Absolutely. It's by far the most popular one out there as Nokia use it.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Yes but a good affordable laptop then will be much more powerfull then one today.

For the US, we need to seriously fix our Wireless Telecom industry if this is going to be true. Fix as in de-monopolize it, so some serious competition can occur. ]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/pico projectors would be feasible i think, but having to find a wall whenever you want decent browsing would be a pain. as to eye projectors, I've never even heard of that kind of an idea being experimented with, don't you think it's a bit out there for 2013? i mean, we were meant to have hoverboards this year, i think we need to set our expectations a little lower...]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
I guess you haven't heard of N900 yet. Now we can talk.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 16th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
Nokia, iPhone, Android... Sans flash which I block on the desktop anyway, all of these are quite adequate (not perfect). I haven't used a laptop/desktop for general web interaction in hmm, more than a year. Only time is if I am doing heavy research, the rest is on my handheld]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/comments/24729493/. It's a bit zoomed out to show the whole page so there are several artifacts (which are not even noticeable while surfing on the device), but when zoomed to fit the comments section it's identical to my desktop FF and the speed difference is barely noticeable. As for bells n' whistles, it has everything that I could think of, it even supports extensions - I have AdBlock Plus installed so no performance decrease due to the tons of Flash ads, yet when you do need Flash it's right there and shows up perfectly as it has full Flash, not that abomination called Flash Lite. And there is about:config page identical to desktop FF if you want to tweak it even more. And that's the stock browser (microB, based on FF 3.5), there is Mozilla's Fennec available as well which haves even more bells n' whistles, but I find it a tad bit slower than microB while page rendering is the same.

Seriously, find some store that has it in stock and go test it - even tho I've bought it not primarily because of the web browser quality, I'm honestly blown away how well does it work.]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
ow.]]>Jan 16th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/I can see people wanting to use apps more than the actual web. Since apps come in all shapes and colors. Literally. I mean personally, I like using Twitterrific a lot more than Twitter.com. But I don't think that I would ever actually use my phone to go on websites like I do on my computer. For one thing, most careers don't offer speed nearly as fast as a PC.

But many of my friends do use their iPhones to do the same thing they would be doing on a computer. So, I can see where this is going, for Apple.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
Just think about that for minute.....

Nokia, the company that cares about the third world.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
Exactly, that's why I call BS.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
You missed the point. Totally.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the browser at all and everything to do with enabling low cost handsets with browser functionality.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/
Actually some days I don't even bother go to my real computer, just use the N900, it is such a good browser engine, only thing it wouldn't do yet is play youtube in HQ/HD quality.
Been on a boring course now for some days using it for entertaining with over 10h browsing, I think that's quite good battery-life.
And since the latest update the battery-life has improved allot.]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/gartner-forecasts-phones-overtaking-pcs-as-most-common-web-brows/Jan 15th 2010 8:54PM