With the recent release of Opera Mini 4 beta 2 (see the review, which has even been frontpaged by SmartphoneThoughts, HERE), which, in many respects, even better than Opera Mobile, the, so far, best Windows Mobile browser, Opera Mobile got a really serious contender.
Now, some really bright people have found out how individual MIDlets under the latest-and-greatest MIDlet Manager (the environment that runs MIDlets, including Opera Mini), Jbed by Esmertec, can be made run directly, via a direct link in, say, your Programs folder. This vastly reduces the time needed to start Opera Mini, and might also offer (I haven’t tested this as yet - it certainly works with IBM J9, another MIDlet manager) some other goodies - for example, making Opera Mini for the default, system-wide browser. That is, when you for example click a link in a HTML mail (or, click a file in the file system), Opera Mini will be automatically invoked and the link target (or, the file) rendered. Please see THIS page for more information.
Speaking of other MIDlet Managers, a lot has happened to TAO Intent MIDlet Manager as well. Well-known XDA-Developers hacker “Risidoro” has managed to 1, fix the “one shot” security problem of the, so far, only .1034 version of TAO Intent; 2, create a CAB file of an even more up-to-date (.1036) version of this MIDlet Manager. The latter works flawlessly and also has the ability to be installed to a storage card (which, so far, only the Russian hacked .1023 versions were capable of). Upgrading to it is highly recommended if you want to stay with TAO Intent (because, for example, of its M3G (3D) capabilities, which not even the latest Esmertec Jbed offers.) Please see THIS thread for more information.
Hopefully, Risidoro also manages to create a decent installer of another MIDlet manager, Jblend by Aplix, which comes with devices like the Sharp Zero, the Samsung BlackJack and sports pretty unique capabilities; for example, M3G (3D) support. See the THIS thread for more info.
Second, a request. Does anyone work for Esmertec, Aplix or IBM? Please tell the folks to read their mail - I won’t publish my long-promised MIDlet Bible before I am able to discuss all the related questions (most importantly the OEM-only issue of Jbed‘s / Jblend‘s, the two best and most standards-compliant MIDlet manaers today). If my mails (I’ve sent them last Sunday) are lost, I’m ready to re-send them. Feel free to mail me at werner_AT_remove_th1s_pocketpcmag_d0t_com.
My 503g comes with Esmertec and I like it. It has been very stable with everything I run especially the new Opera Mini Beta.
Now you are saying I can install the newest version of JBed on top of Esmertec and it will work better, or am I misunderstanding you?
Thanks.
maevro said:
My 503g comes with Esmertec and I like it. It has been very stable with everything I run especially the new Opera Mini Beta.
Now you are saying I can install the newest version of JBed on top of Esmertec and it will work better, or am I misunderstanding you?
Thanks.
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Yup. see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326951
Cool, thanks. This does work better.
The Esmertec folks have answered my mail - that is, I only need Aplix and IBM to do the same.
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ACCESS Co., developer of alternate Pocket PC Web browser NetFront, has just (they have already releaseed the final, Japanese version about three weeks ago) released the English version of the latest, 3.3 version.
The browser costs $29.80; if you have purchased version 3.2, you're entitled to a rebate. Then, you only end up having to pay $14.80. (Note that the shopping page of NetFront 3.3 refers to the 3.1-to-3.2 upgrade discount - it still hasn't been updated for the 3.2-to-3.3 upgrade discount). It's available here.
I, based on the Japanese version, have already published several bug reports and mini-reviews of the new browser (as the English version is not different from the Japanese one, there's no point in not checking out the reviews of the latter), all accessible in the Web Browsers category of the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Expert Blogs. Of them, I recommend this mini-review, this comparison to Opera Mobile, this and this bug reports. To shortly and succintly summarize these articles, I do recommend NetFront - but in no way as much as Opera Mobile, the, right now, best Pocket PC Web browser. I, particularly, do not recommend NetFront if you have a WM2003SE device, where the driver memory bug of NetFront makes the entire system really unstable.
which midlet manager can i use with wm05 on a himalaya? a recent version of tao intent would be really nice, but it seems only the old 1.5.7 version is able to run...
yes same question too..which midlet manager can use with himalaya..i try risidoro ..but is not work
i'm using ibm websphere everyplace micro micro environment now... opera mini runs fine, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=265217 for details
does anyone have a link (i searched)
for the differences between ppc2003se and wm6 (release from this site)
I use homeseer for home automation... the guys there are using nokia 800 and 810's... also iphones and other devices..
they said the new plugin is not compatible unless I meet...
blurb....
A typical use for this package would be for touch screen usage. I wrote this for use on my Linux based Nokia N800 with a Mozilla browser, however it can be used on any system with a web browser that is supported. This includes IE5+ and tested with the latest versions of Mozilla, Firefox, Safari and Opera, however they must be Javascript enabled.
so does the wm6 have javascript? also I guess I need to get one of the other browsers listed then???
Thanks
Jeff
p.s. link for you to see the plugin in action
http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=126016
Hi All!
I have tried a lot of midlet manager,
include JBed, JBlend, Jeodek, etc,
and I found that some java applications which consume a lot of memory,
makes the midlet manager fail to run (throws OutOfMemory error)
Only Jeodek, don't have this problem!
I found that it can run other java applications which other midlet manager can't!
However, after i buy another phone,
the new phone don't have the jeodek preinstalled >.<
I have tried many links on the internet, but all the version i found, are those issued before 2008, which do not support touch screens...
So I wonder, did anyone have a Jeodek which have network and touch screens support, or anyone can suggest a better midlet manager or jre, instead of JBed and Jbled? (I have read through the midlet bible...but can't find a good one...)...please help>.<
Hello!
in my previous phone,
there are a java midlet manager call "Jeodek" preinstalled.
I can use it to run all the games and apps i used.
However, after i buy another phone, which don't have jeodek preinstalled,
can't run some of the apps....
I have tried to use other midlet manager according to the "midlet bible",
include jbed,jbled, etc. but there are still some apps i can't run ,eg having out of memory error in JBed.
So I have tried to find the JEODEK on the internet.
But all the version that i found, do not support touch screens, or do not support network...
So, I wonder if anyone can suggest some ways for me to get a JEODEK which with touch screen supported + network supported??
Really need help.... thx...