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Microsoft Mobile Explorer

1999 – 2002 Discontinued
45

Phone browser derived from HitchHiker (STNC, acquired by Microsoft in 1999), combining HTML, WAP, scripting and messaging in a single client; discontinued in 2002.

Facts

Developer
Microsoft (formerly STNC)
Website
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Engine
Proprietary
Derived from
HitchHiker (STNC)
Platforms
Other
Details
GSM/WAP phones (Sony CMD, Benefon), Amstrad e-m@iler
Popularity
45/100 — Estimate: shipped on a handful of models (Benefon Q, Sony CMD-Z5/J5/J7…)

Key versions

  1. HitchHikerPropriétaireSTNC develops HitchHiker, a mobile browser designed to run the whole phone interface.
  2. 2.0After Microsoft buys STNC, HitchHiker becomes Mobile Explorer 2.0: HTML and WAP in one client.
  3. 3.0i-mode (cHTML) compatibility and push e-mail; development stopped in 2002.

Version sources: Mobile browser (Wikipedia en)

Sources

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