Simple question! Is it a genuinely useful browser, that I could use for long periods, or is it really for quick blasts to impress fellow coffee drinkers at Starbucks?
Obviously it cant play flash or the other thing (I forgot its name)
BUT
it is by far the best browser I have ever used on a portable device.
It is streets ahead of phone browsers including the Nokia N95 browser...
Pages come out as they are meant to 99% of the time and web email works perfectly - you can't download or stream anything but if you want to check websites and do e-mail then it is amazingly good.
I would go so far as to say that if you didnt download anything ever or watch/listen to streaming media then you would NOT even need a laptop PC for internet usage!
Its perhaps the BEST feature on the new iPod!
Agreed. Albeit the keyboard isn't good for doing a lot of typing.
I find it to be incredibly handy.
Works great for sports scores, drudgereport, and other conservative news sites.
Hopefully my video can help answer that: http://stage6.divx.com/user/colto/video/1651544/iPod-Touch-Wifi-(720p)
Strangely enough, it has a built in filter for liberal new sites (I guess Al Gore being on the Apple Board wasn't enough)!![]()
It supports Java Script, but not Java VM. It also doesn't support Flash.
It's also the best mobile browser I've ever used on a PDA type device (and I've used a ton).
About the only thing I've seen that outperforms it is a full on palmtap/laptop device which costs 5X as much.
crashed my safari 2 twice near the end of the vid (and have to reload the full 5xx mb again thenSomewhat ironically, accessing this link just crashed Safari (3.0) on my iMac!
The psp is a problem if you have to sign into a network like on a college campus or at a hotel though.Thanks for the info, I can live with that. Flash and Java VM aren't particularly important (although they'd be nice in a future update), but a *lot* of sites break without Javascript. Good news
I too have used other PDA devices, certainly wouldn't use Windows Mobile IE for much... oddly enough the best one I've used so far is on the PSP (Playstation Portable), though it's a bitch to type on obviously.
Still missing the Psion days, it was absolutely tragic when they stopped making PDAs. If they were still around nowadays with the increase in portable internet browsing they would rock hardcore.
Thanks for the info, I can live with that. Flash and Java VM aren't particularly important (although they'd be nice in a future update), but a *lot* of sites break without Javascript. Good news
I too have used other PDA devices, certainly wouldn't use Windows Mobile IE for much... oddly enough the best one I've used so far is on the PSP (Playstation Portable), though it's a bitch to type on obviously.
Still missing the Psion days, it was absolutely tragic when they stopped making PDAs. If they were still around nowadays with the increase in portable internet browsing they would rock hardcore.
Depends on your expectations, I'd think. Works fine for me in the absence of a full-sized computer. It's fun to use. Has a few quirks, but otherwise works fine. Longest I've spent using it so far is probably an hour and a half.
Still missing the Psion days, it was absolutely tragic when they stopped making PDAs. If they were still around nowadays with the increase in portable internet browsing they would rock hardcore.
Word on the street is that Apple's working on Flash support.
And I just read an old Douglas Adams article recently that he wrote on a Psion Palmtop. He thought it was rather nifty. =)
And I just read an old Douglas Adams article recently that he wrote on a Psion Palmtop. He thought it was rather nifty. =)
Did you know that Douglas Adams was one of the first people in Britain to own an original Macintosh? (Actually, to be pedantic, this is also a claim made by Stephen Fry.)