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The company was STNC Ltd. The µbrowser was called Hitchhiker. STNC was acquired by Microsoft in July 99. My understanding is that the demo at GSM World in 98 w
by pacaro 9y ago
The company was STNC Ltd. The µbrowser was called Hitchhiker. STNC was acquired by Microsoft in July 99.
My understanding is that the demo at GSM World in 98 was the first time anyone had demonstrated a graphical browser on a cellphone that implemented common web standards (HTML/HTTP/TCP) rather than using a transcoding gateway (up.link or WAP style — the approach taken by Unwired Planet)
The smallest device that we targeted (IIRC) had a screen that was 100x64 pixels, we had 64KiB of RAM at runtime (`unsigned char gHeap[0x10000];`), and our ROM footprint was about 350KiB
- pavlov 9y agoI think back in 2000 I had a phone with your browser, the Benefon Q: https://m.gsmarena.com/benefon_q-42.php https://m.gsmarena.com/benefon_q-42.php It even supported black&white animated GIFs in HTML pages.
- pacaro 9y agoYup! That was the most limited device we ported to. I wasn’t even aware that it was officially shipped. Benefon made nice devices, the Q was really stylish for its time. If memory served they were mostly sold in Eastern Europe and Russia.