Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Webaroo Releases Offline Internet Search Service for Windows Mobile
Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai in "SOFTWARE" @ 11:30 AM
"Webaroo has released a unique 'web search offline' service, compatible with the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 platform, and providing owners of Pocket PC and Smartphones with the ability to search the web without having to rely on a mobile Internet connection... by featuring "web packs" on a variety of subjects, such as world news, soccer/football, major cities, the Wikipedia and more. Each of these packs contains thousands of relevant web pages identified by Webaroo's algorithms."
Webaroo is compatible with both WM5 (PPC & Smartphone) and WM2003SE and there's a standard Windows 2k/XP client that is required as well (everything is provided in one download). In addition to the offline searching, you can also save website content locally for your own offline browsing needs. It's no surprise that the search database (or "web packs") can take up quite a bit of space; thus, Webaroo requires that you have an external card of at least 256MB. Please note that the client software appears to still be in beta, so download at your own discretion. Anyone manage to try this? Let us know.
UPDATE: If you're interested, there's also a video interview with the Webaroo CEO where he talks about the differences between Webaroo and AvantGo, gives a Pocket PC demo, and also talks about the future roadmap for this service.
Webaroo is compatible with both WM5 (PPC & Smartphone) and WM2003SE and there's a standard Windows 2k/XP client that is required as well (everything is provided in one download). In addition to the offline searching, you can also save website content locally for your own offline browsing needs. It's no surprise that the search database (or "web packs") can take up quite a bit of space; thus, Webaroo requires that you have an external card of at least 256MB. Please note that the client software appears to still be in beta, so download at your own discretion. Anyone manage to try this? Let us know.
UPDATE: If you're interested, there's also a video interview with the Webaroo CEO where he talks about the differences between Webaroo and AvantGo, gives a Pocket PC demo, and also talks about the future roadmap for this service.
