HitchHiker (STNC)

Mobile browser from the British company STNC (1997), designed to present a device's entire interface; licensed by Symbian for EPOC and offered as an optional install on the Psion Series 5mx, before Microsoft bought STNC in 1999 and turned it into Microsoft Mobile Explorer.

Facts

Developer

STNC Ltd (United Kingdom)

Website

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Engine

Proprietary

Successor

Microsoft Mobile Explorer

Platforms

SymbianOther

Details

EPOC32 (predecessor of Symbian OS) on Psion Series 5mx; Webwalker demo platform (GSM phone)

Popularity

40/100 — Estimate: optional software on the Psion Series 5mx and demo platforms

Lineage

Derived browsers (1)

Microsoft Mobile Explorer

Key versions

1. 1997
   —STNC Ltd. develops HitchHiker, a mobile browser with a unified rendering model (HTML, WAP, ECMAScript).
2. 1999
   Mobile Explorer 2.0Microsoft acquires STNC; HitchHiker becomes Microsoft Mobile Explorer 2.0.

Version sources: Mobile browser (Wikipedia en)

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_browser
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_5