Iris for WM5 / WM6 
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 07:17 PM
Posted by Administrator
There I was...sitting in the Jewish Hospital waiting room, with about 8 hours to kill. I decided to do my usual 'check' for new browsers for my Windows Mobile phone, that for the past 2 years has yielding nothing of value...but then...before my eyes...Iris.

I had never heard of this browser, but everything I read was positive, so I decided to give it a try. Boy am I glad I did.

I simply registered online and downloaded straight to my phone from the Torch Mobile website. ( http://www.torchmobile.com/download/ ) Then within minutes, my Moto Q9m (recently upgraded to WM 6.1) was finally able to actually browse websites in a manner similar to a PC or at least an iPhone.

Some of the features that stand out for me are:

1. Mouse cursor - even on a smartphone that allows easier navigation and clearer clicking on sites.
2. Page Thumbnail - as you are navigating a page, you are presented with a thumbnail 'aerial' view of the entire page you are browsing...genius.
3. Zoom / View Control - Great ability to zoom to many levels and scroll through multi-screen viewing as needed.
4. Import Favorites from IE - nice feature to allow easy migration.

Now on my Moto Q, this isn't perfect. I have experienced some out of memory errors and other problems. (the MotoQ doesn't meet the minimum recommendation) But overall, this has opened some abilities for browsing that I simply didn't have before.

Great work Torch. Keep on improving Iris!!!

-BEH

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