New Iris Web Browser for HTC TyTn II

[gogol]

It is using WebKit (like Apple Safari).

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/iris-browser-brings-webkit-to-windows-mobile/

http://www.torchmobile.com/download/

Brave enough to try? :D

Iris Browser™ for Windows Mobile® 6 is now available for free download! Simply register with us by providing your name and contact information and download the CAB to your PC or directly to your phone. Then follow along as Torch Mobile makes regular improvements to the browser, adding new features, making it faster, and generally improving the user experience.

Please remember that this is early preview software and does contain many known flaws. It will be updated frequently. You are encouraged to check back at this page often for updates, or make use of the built-in update feature in the browser.

The browser has been tested on the Motorola Q9 and HTC TyTN II, but should work on other devices as well.

[lesevich]

Thanks for the info!

I thought I'd be an innovator and try this...turned out to run REALLY SLOWLY on my Kaiser with absolutely no added value over PIE, let alone Opera (either one).

I uninstalled it after 5min.

Anyone else?

H.

[smads]

It is using WebKit (like Apple Safari).

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/iris-browser-brings-webkit-to-windows-mobile/

http://www.torchmobile.com/download/

Brave enough to try? :D

Iris Browser™ for Windows Mobile® 6 is now available for free download! Simply register with us by providing your name and contact information and download the CAB to your PC or directly to your phone. Then follow along as Torch Mobile makes regular improvements to the browser, adding new features, making it faster, and generally improving the user experience.

Please remember that this is early preview software and does contain many known flaws. It will be updated frequently. You are encouraged to check back at this page often for updates, or make use of the built-in update feature in the browser.

The browser has been tested on the Motorola Q9 and HTC TyTN II, but should work on other devices as well.


Yep, I too had an awful experience. Very slow and poor rendering. Will be giving this one a miss. It's a 4meg install too!

[paulsuerth]

some weird pauses when viewing pages, maybe jsut updating the cache? doesn't seem to like my bank's site, tanking...

[met3ora]

Using it now over AT&T Edge.

It's very sluggish, especially when scrolling around pages. I might say it's worse than an unfixed IE. Right now it's stalling trying to load NYTimes.com. The pages display very nicely once loaded, but that takes long and navigating around them is clumsy.

I'll keep an eye on this, but until they can speed this thing up considerably, Opera Mini will still be my front man.

[reihen]

whats up with this new browsers coming up. i had to do with pie for four years and suddenly i can try a new browser every day.

[hawk684]

I'm actually kind of impressed with it. If this is just an early beta it's pretty decent, unlike PIE I can actually load NYT and Guardian.co.uk. It's slow to load and slow to scroll but usable. The zoom function works reasonably well, if a bit slow.

I think the most important thing to realize here is that it's Webkit based. Try iphone.facebook.com, it almost loads correctly. If we could get iPhone apps on WM6 that'd be fantastic. Currently Netfront and Opera Mini are better, but Webkit is a great rendering engine, it'd be wonderful to see it working correctly.

[tkalli]

I know it is a beta, but not worth the space it takes.
Uninstalled it.

[xandr115]

Wow... slow. I connected to wifi and it still dragged along. Actually was able to make the app crash too.