Mobile Browser Comparison & Overview Chart
Written on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A couple of days ago I came across this little jewel! It's an extensive comparison test between all the mobile browsers of the latest and greatest mobile phones out there today.
I was impressed with the length they have gone to, to test the browsers. It is a very in-depth analysis, and for a pretty wide range of browsers as well, covering Smartphones (Opera Mini) to iPhone and Android devices.
I hope you will agree with me that such tests go way beyond the scope of mobile technology articles, and are directly related to mobile marketing. The results of such tests are essentially what will tell you, as a mobile marketer, what platforms to aim for, and what features you can include in your mobile website design, such that they will be supported by your target audience platform.
We are moving (quickly) beyond limited mobile browsers with minimum CSS + HTML support, JavaScript is becoming more widely supported, and it won't be too long before similar feature sets appear on both mobile and desktop browsers. Of course screen sizes will never match, so you still need different designs! - don't get me wrong. I'm only pointing out how useful it is to know which mobile browser supports what, at a glance, so yo (and I) can make much more informed decisions when planning our mobile marketing campaigns.
In particular, the article compares and analyses all of the below sections:
- Page loading speed
- Page layout
- Flash supoprt
- Fullscreen, landscape, auto-rotate
- Zooming, panning, kinetic scrolling
- JavaScript support
- Text size setting and text reflow
- Address suggestion, history and cache
- Password manager and form auto-filling
- Tabs and popup blocking
- Downloads
Following this analysis the article then provides an overview of each of the following browsers that were tested individually:
- Mobile Safari on iPhone 3GS (and 3G)
- MicroB browser on Nokia N900
- Opera Mobile 9.7 on HTC HD2
- Internet Explorer Mobile 6 on HTC HD2
- Opera Mobile 9.5 on Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO
- Android Browser on Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10
- Dolphin Browser on Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10
- WebOS Browser on Palm Pre
- S60 Browser on Samsung i8910 Omnia HD
- S60 Browser on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
- Opera Mini 4.2 on HTC HD2
Finally, and perhaps more importantly, you can find below their full mobile browser comparison overview chart:
Great work GSM Arena people! Well done!
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