Microsoft previews Deepfish
Somebody at Microsoft Labs saw Steve Jobs unveiling the iPhone and paid special attention to the web browsing that Jobs demonstrated. As a result of that heat, MS Labs has released a preview version of Deepfish, a new browser for the Windows Mobile platform that promises to offer a rich experience on the small screen. Deepfish basically presents an entire web page in a "preview" mode that the user can then tap on and zoom in at will. Since this is a preview version it's not even a beta yet so you can expect some problems, if you can get in at all. Many are reporting the inability to join the preview program so it must be a very limited run. I'm going to try to get my hands on it and see what it can do. The preview version currently only works with WM 5 and up.
I'm late! They reached the limit for this preview. Damn!
Posted by: Ctitanic | March 29, 2007 at 07:34 AM
>> Somebody at Microsoft Labs saw Steve Jobs unveiling the iPhone and paid special attention to the web browsing that Jobs demonstrated.
Actually, Deepfish was in development long before the iPhone was unveiled. There was a leaked video of an early build posted on YouTube on December 21, 2006. The Macworld keynote was on January 9, 2007. :)
I've posted a mini-review with some screenshots comparing it to Pocket IE.
http://www.kunal.kundaje.net/2007_03_01_archives.php#4181857532743322192
It's a great start. Still needs work, as their site mentions, but I think it already does the best small-screen rendering compared to all the other WiMo browsers I've tried so far.
Posted by: Kunal Kundaje | March 29, 2007 at 03:04 PM
Sounds like Thunderbird for WM/PPC..
-arebelspy
Posted by: arebelspy | March 29, 2007 at 07:48 PM
Make sure you sign up for notification if they add more. I tried to download it yesterday and was told it was full. I signed up for notification and received an E-mail today around 4pm CDT with an activation code (To be used when you start the program, this is NOT the promo code on the download page. Just leave that blank unless you actually have one). I didn't get home until 6pm CDT, logged on and downloaded without a hitch. Just started playing with it a little on a Cingular 3125 (HTC Star Trek) and it looks pretty good so far.
Posted by: Bill | March 29, 2007 at 11:23 PM
I signed up months ago for Deepfish - no notification ever came. Decided to get Opera - very happy with its page rendering - doesn't do the full page view though.
Posted by: Doug Steinschneider | July 29, 2007 at 05:34 PM