Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Bitstream Adds Java 1.5 Support To Thunderhawk
Posted by Janak Parekh in "SOFTWARE" @ 08:00 AM
"Bitstream Inc. announced today the addition of full Java support to ThunderHawk 2.1 Pocket PC Edition, the company's award-winning technology that provides enterprise clients and end users with a familiar, secure desktop browsing experience on mobile devices...While most mobile browsers provide limited Java support, ThunderHawk is the only wireless Web browser that displays full HTML pages while offering desktop-level Java 1.5.0 capabilities. Subscribers can run powerful Java applets on a Pocket PC using ThunderHawk , and the applets will behave on the mobile device just as they do on the desktop."
Thunderhawk is an unusual browsing platform since it essentially acts as a thin client to Bitstream's proxy, so I'm curious how the Java implementation works. I'm guessing Bitstream's servers are processing the applet and pushing the display. If that's the case, if someone has a chance to try it, let us know how well it works. This could be a promising step forward in mobile browsing.
Thunderhawk is an unusual browsing platform since it essentially acts as a thin client to Bitstream's proxy, so I'm curious how the Java implementation works. I'm guessing Bitstream's servers are processing the applet and pushing the display. If that's the case, if someone has a chance to try it, let us know how well it works. This could be a promising step forward in mobile browsing.
