Obigo Browser
Encyclopedia
Obigo Browser is a WEB/WAP browser for mobile phone
s, smartphone
s and other Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) developed by the Obigo company. Obigo browser can run on various mobile platforms such as Windows Mobile
, S60
and BREW.
1.1 browser, but its development process started in 1997.
In 2000, AU-System launched the world’s first WAP 1.2.1 browser, and in 2001, the Mobile Internet Client was the first multi-content and dual stack mobile browser. Obigo MIC became part of Obigo C-line (Mobile Suite 1.0) in 2003, when the Q-line (Mobile Suite 2.0) Obigo Browser appeared as well and the Obigo brand was launched. In 2005, Obigo Browser handled Internet
browsing from mobile devices. Obigo is the second mobile browser to pass the Acid2
test.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s, smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s and other Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) developed by the Obigo company. Obigo browser can run on various mobile platforms such as Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
, S60
S60 platform
The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic...
and BREW.
History
Obigo Browser has been around since 1999, when it was the world's first WAPWireless Application Protocol
Wireless Application Protocol is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network.A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that uses the protocol.Before the introduction of WAP, mobile service providers had limited opportunities to offer...
1.1 browser, but its development process started in 1997.
In 2000, AU-System launched the world’s first WAP 1.2.1 browser, and in 2001, the Mobile Internet Client was the first multi-content and dual stack mobile browser. Obigo MIC became part of Obigo C-line (Mobile Suite 1.0) in 2003, when the Q-line (Mobile Suite 2.0) Obigo Browser appeared as well and the Obigo brand was launched. In 2005, Obigo Browser handled Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
browsing from mobile devices. Obigo is the second mobile browser to pass the Acid2
Acid2
Acid2 is a test page published and promoted by the Web Standards Project to expose web page rendering flaws in web browsers and other applications that render HTML. Named after the acid test for gold, it was developed in the spirit of Acid1, a relatively narrow test of compliance with the Cascading...
test.