- A Review of PIEPlus 2.0 by Menneisyys
The built-in Web browser that comes with all Pocket PC’s, Pocket Internet Explorer (or, as is known starting with Windows Mobile 5, Internet Explorer Mobile; note that, in this article – for the sake of clarity – I only use PIE to refer to the browser. Don’t forget, however, that its official name is IEM starting with the new operating system), has never been a fully-fledged application, compared to the alternative solutions. It severely lacks a lot of features; for example, being able to show more than one webpage at a time (that is, being multi-tabbed).
As a lot of Pocket PC users have always requested a much better browsers, several alternative solutions have been released, which may be grouped into two distinct groups. One of them is a stand-alone browser, totally independent of PIE/IEM. The most important alternates area NetFront, Opera Mobile, Opera Mini, Thunderhawk and Minimo. The other group are no standalone browsers but so-called ‘plug-ins’ that enhance the functionality of PIE.
PIEPlus is one of these applications. Its brand new, 2.0 version was released yesterday; of course, I’ve jumped on it right away to find out whether it’s any good…
Read on!
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