Opera Mini Alternative (& free wap proxys)
Alternatives to Opera Mini!
OperaMini is a program for your cellphone that lets you use almost any website on your mobile / cellphone.
Should Opera Mini not work on your phone / cellphone model or what not, then these other Opera Mini-like options might come in handy.
These pages contain links to the alterntive HTML j2me browser programs you need.
The links above host the .jar’s, because it’s hard to find working links at the respective original sites below.
Contains:
- CellHtml – CellHtml is a cHTML browser for browsing of iMode sites. This new version contains an impressive list of added features including memory caching, bookmarks, animation and HTTP CGI forms.
- jBrowser For J2ME – jBrowser for J2ME is WML 1.2 compliant WAP browser for J2ME enabled devices. Support for Images (WBMP and PNG).
- MidScape – MIDScape is a browser that allows you to access content encoded in the MML markup language – an application of XML somewhat similar to HTML.
- WebViewer – Reqwireless WebViewer is a fast HTML Web browser for Java -enabled (J2ME) mobile devices. WebViewer gives you access to the same Web content on your Java-capable cellphone or PDA that you get with any desktop browser. WebViewer is not a WAP browser; it’s an HTML browser.
- jBrowser For J2ME – jBrowser for J2ME is WML 1.2 compliant WAP browser for J2ME enabled devices.
main features:
* Communication over HTTP with support for HTTP 1.1.* Support for Images (WBMP and PNG).
* Caching optimizes download time
- shrunq.com – Shrunq is a smart, small and free web browser for cellphones.
- The IAppli/MIDP PicoBrowser – The PicoBrowser is a tiny, high-performance, cHTML browser and web server, which fits into a small memory footprint in an embedded Java device.
So, should you have any problems with Opera Mini (which should not happen), you now know where to look 🙂
‘Online’ Browsers (free wap / wml proxys)
There are also a couple of ‘online’ browsers / sites that allow you to view normal full size pages normally only meant for you computer desktop.
“proxies for cellphone internet”
- skweezer.net – Skweezer is both a mobile-optimized browser and a fully functional Web portal, with features such as e-mail, contacts list, RSS reader, and more. To use Skweezer, go to www.skweezer.net, type in Web address or search phrase, and click the “Skweeze” button. If you enjoy using Skweezer, you can sign up for a free account that allows you to customize your Skweezer service, add and import favorites, and use Skweezer Mail.
- google.com/gwt/n – Google’s wml/wap reformating proxy. As used by google.com/xhtml (Google’s mobile search).
- mobileleap.net – MobileLeap Virtual Browser will detect your device type, and instantly reformat websites by compressing data, filtering out unsupported content and fitting the pages to your screen. Your data usage will be reduced by up to 80% — even with images enabled.
- iyhy.com – IYHY.com allows you to surf any website from your cell phone, PDA, Blackberry, Treo, Sidekick, or other mobile device even if the page is not formatted for mobile use.
- mobile.aolsearch.com – Everyone has their own reformatter it seems.
- phonifier.com – PHONifier is both an open source script and a web service. PHONifier is aimed at automatically stripping webpages of unneccesary code. It can be used to surf the web on your mobile device or to make RSS feeds accessible on your mobile phone or PDA.
- fdm8 – fdm8.com aka feedMate – View any site mobile size.
If it can be done on a pc, it can be done on a mobile. -def