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Openwave Mobile Browser

Also known as: UP.Browser
1996 – 2012 Discontinued
84

WAP browser found on a great many phones of the 2000s.

Facts

Developer
Openwave (Unwired Planet, then Phone.com)
Website
—
Engine
Proprietary (WAP/WML)
Platforms
Other
Details
Mobile phones (feature phones)
Popularity
84/100

Key versions

  1. UP.LinkUnwired Planet launches its proprietary up.link mobile web platform (browser and gateway).[1]
  2. UP.BrowserUP.Browser ships on AT&T handsets to read HDML content, probably the first browser on a phone.[2]
  3. UP.Browser (WAP)With the arrival of the WAP standards, the company becomes Phone.com.[1]
  4. OpenwaveMerger with Software.com: the company and browser take the Openwave name.[1]
  5. Mobile Browser 6.1XHTML browser for colour screens, announced for 35 handsets from 20 vendors.[3]
  6. V7Ground-up rewritten V7 suite (browser, messaging), unveiled in Cannes.[4]
  7. Sale to Purple LabsPurple Labs acquires Openwave’s mobile browser and messaging business (later Myriad Browser).[1]

Version sources: [1] Openwave (Wikipedia en), [2] Mobile browser (Wikipedia en), [3] mobileuserexperience.com, [4] theregister.com

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openwave
  2. https://www.webbrowserdirectory.com/browsers/openwave/
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_browser