Windows Mobile and low end mobile browsers

[SouthForkWeb]

Has anyone confirmed if the widgets work on other mobile browsers such as Windows Mobile IE or standard browsers on lower end phones?

Thanks

[SMyers]

Has anyone confirmed if the widgets work on other mobile browsers such as Windows Mobile IE or standard browsers on lower end phones?

Thanks

I've heard it also works on blackberrys

[jason]

I have Mobile Web service through Verizon on a non-smartphone.  The widgets don't show up in my very spartan Open Wave browser.

[SouthForkWeb]

Yeah the widgets don't show up on my LG Scoop's Open Wave browser either, I think because they are JavaScript based. I've tried to use JavaScript on my Open Wave browser before and it doesn't seem to work all that great or even at all. Don't know if its possible but maybe an option could be added when creating widgets to either use a text link or a form type button, it might allow the widgets to function on these mobile browsers.

I just tried loading a widget on the Samsung Instinct's web browser and you can see the widgets but it won't let me select them to perform a function. They are just there and won't do anything.

I would love to see the mobile support extended to more devices if possible, it would be a great thing to work toward while ioBridge is still in beta. I think the reason it works great on the iPhone and iPod Touch is because the browser is basically the same as a desktop browser and JavaScript, etc loads just as it would on a desktop.

A nice site I found to test mobile functionality is: http://mtld.mobi/emulator.php

[jason]

Don't know if its possible but maybe an option could be added when creating widgets to either use a text link or a form type button, it might allow the widgets to function on these mobile browsers.

This is definitely something we want to get working.  We're hoping to "down render" widgets from javascript to html for browsers that don't support JS.  Of course some of the cool features won't work in html mode (like auto-refreshing) but the core functionality will still be there.

[xf021209]

I have a Windows Mobile 6 based cell phone (AT&T Tilt/HTC) and I call my own web page which I've added the script generated on the module page. I can run all my X10 stuff without a problem. I use Opera's mobile browser. I've also logged into ioBridge and can see and control my widgets.

Todd

[hingli168]

I use a PHP script to fetch the data and output it on the page.

[zerogx]

Another way to gwet around the low end browser issue is to install a non default browser. my samsung phone on at&t has the netfront browser installed by default. It would only work with the display only widgets (like the temperature one.) it would not allow you to interact.

I installed opera mini and bolt on my phone, both will access the site and allow full functionality of the widgets. The bolt browser is beta, but i find it better than opera mini.

bolt: http://boltbrowser.com/home.html
opera mini: http://www.opera.com/mini/

[eman5oh]

I can tell you that the widgets do not work on the blackberry default browser, even with the latest 5.0 blackberry os. I found that installing the bolt browser gets around this, but auto refresh does not work. The mobile browsers need to keep evolving some more. That said I am quite happy to be able to view the widgets on my mobile and keep tabs on things.

[iobridge]

This new API allows for low-end mobile browser support.

http://www.iobridge.net/wiki/api/static-widget-api

All you do is construct a URL using the widgetID of your widget that you want to control or monitor.

http://www.iobridge.com/widgets/static/id=[widgetID]&format=html
http://www.iobridge.com/widgets/static/id=[widgetID]&format=wml

If you add the "format" key to the URL you can get properly rendered formated of almost any type -even Voice XML (VXML).