Pocket Internet Explorer

Also known as: Internet Explorer Mobile, IE Mobile

1996 – 2015 Discontinued

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Mobile version of Internet Explorer (Pocket IE, then IE Mobile) for Windows CE, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, replaced by Edge on Windows 10 Mobile.

Facts

Developer

Microsoft

Website

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Engine

Trident (mobile)

Derived from

Internet Explorer

Platforms

Windows Mobile

Popularity

72/100

Key versions

1. Nov. 1996
   Pocket IE 1.0First version, written from scratch for Windows CE 1.0.
2. Sept. 1997
   Pocket IE 2.0Shipped with Windows CE 2.0: offline browsing and framesets.
3. July 1998
   Pocket IE 3.0Shipped with Windows CE 2.10, adds JScript.
4. Apr. 1, 2008
   IE Mobile 6TridentMSHTML engine taken from the desktop version (Windows Mobile 6.1.4 and 6.5).
5. Feb. 15, 2010
   IE Mobile 7Unveiled with Windows Phone 7, a hybrid of IE7 and IE8 engines.
6. Feb. 2011
   IE Mobile 9IE9 engine with hardware acceleration; last version for Windows Phone 7.
7. June 2012
   IE Mobile 10Core shared with desktop IE10, for Windows Phone 8.
8. July 15, 2014
   IE Mobile 11Shipped with Windows Phone 8.1, based on IE11; later replaced by Edge on Windows 10 Mobile.
9. Oct. 10, 2023
   End of supportSupport ends along with Windows Embedded Compact 2013.

Version sources: Internet Explorer Mobile (Wikipedia en)

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_Mobile
2. https://www.webbrowserdirectory.com/browsers/internet-explorer-mobile/