Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Bitstream ThunderHawk Updated for Windows Mobile 5, VGA and Left Keyboard Orientation
Posted by Raphael Salgado in "SOFTWARE" @ 01:00 PM
Bitstream's press release on February 13, 2006 announced "the release of ThunderHawk Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Edition, which offers users a fast, secure desktop browsing experience along with new Windows Mobile 5.0 technology."
In addition to full Windows Mobile 5 compatibility and a bunch of bug fixes, ThunderHawk also supports 480x640 VGA screens (sorry, no 240x240 support yet), and can adjust for left-side orientation for devices such as the HTC Magician and Apache - although they do warn about the issue with these devices automatically adjusting orientation when the keyboard is opened or closed.
ThunderHawk is a subscription-based browser and service that costs $49.95 annually or $5.95 monthly. It uses their servers to re-render pages and quickly send them down to your Pocket PC or Smartphone in the near-perfect layout you would normally see on your desktop. However, with Windows Mobile 5.0's updated Internet Explorer Mobile now handling web pages much better, and new browsers on the horizon such as Opera, NetFront, and Minimo, the future should prove interesting. I have sent them numerous requests to have a "Personal Version" similar to their Enterprise Server Version that would use your home PC's broadband connection to render the pages for your own devices, but that idea never got acknowledged. :? What are your thoughts on ThunderHawk?
In addition to full Windows Mobile 5 compatibility and a bunch of bug fixes, ThunderHawk also supports 480x640 VGA screens (sorry, no 240x240 support yet), and can adjust for left-side orientation for devices such as the HTC Magician and Apache - although they do warn about the issue with these devices automatically adjusting orientation when the keyboard is opened or closed.
ThunderHawk is a subscription-based browser and service that costs $49.95 annually or $5.95 monthly. It uses their servers to re-render pages and quickly send them down to your Pocket PC or Smartphone in the near-perfect layout you would normally see on your desktop. However, with Windows Mobile 5.0's updated Internet Explorer Mobile now handling web pages much better, and new browsers on the horizon such as Opera, NetFront, and Minimo, the future should prove interesting. I have sent them numerous requests to have a "Personal Version" similar to their Enterprise Server Version that would use your home PC's broadband connection to render the pages for your own devices, but that idea never got acknowledged. :? What are your thoughts on ThunderHawk?
