If you find the default IE mobile web browser to be a little clunky then
give UC Browser a try.
UC Browser is designed to make mobile Web access quicker and more
convenient. It's a pretty lightweight application that manages to cram in a
number of interesting features without slowing down your browsing experience
too much.
Viewing WAP and web sites in UC Browser is a painless experience thanks to
its multiple tabs, which allow you to have several pages loaded at once in much
the same way as Firefox does. You can flick between the pages simply by tapping
tabs, or by using the window icon at the bottom to pull up a pop-up screen
listing the tabs you have open.
UC Browser gives you a lot of control over page layout, too. You can choose
to view pages in full screen, tweak the font size, zoom images, and tweak image
quality.
UC Browser has a number of interesting tools that you don't normally see in
a mobile Web browser, such as an integrated download manager, built-in
Clipboard for simple copy and paste, and a start page with a number of preset
links to a range of categorized web sites. Of course, there's full support for
bookmarks too.
There's a simple, yet effective Search tool within UC Browser that
facilitates quick searching through Google, Bing or Yahoo!, allowing you to
choose which search engine the browser uses. The inclusion of the 'Home' screen
makes it easier to get started, because it houses shortcuts to all of your most
viewed web pages.
UC Browser is a proxy-based browser, which re-renders and compresses page
data on a server before sending it to the client (in much the same as Opera
Mini and Skyfire do). This makes it exceptionally quick at loading pages.
Unfortunately, it seems that image rendering is sacrificed somewhat in this
process, and often you'll find that images won't display properly, which can
get annoying.
Overall though, UC Browser makes for a quick and easy way to explore the riches of the Web from your PDA.
Pros
- Fast
- Supports multiple windows
- Built-in download manager
- Handy search supporting multiple search engines
- Home screen for quick access to favorite sites
Cons
- Doesn't always handle images well
- Lack of Help
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