Internet Explorer Mobile

Internet Explorer Mobile or IE Mobile (formerly named Pocket Internet Explorer or PIE before Windows Mobile 5.0) is a web browser developed by Microsoft, and comes loaded by default with Windows Mobile and Windows CE for Handheld PC. It does similar operations as Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 and 7 browsers; however, it is not based on the same layout engine. IE Mobile is available both for Windows Mobile and Windows CE platforms, though the latter is more feature-rich.



Version history

Pocket Internet Explorer was first introduced in Windows CE 1.0, released in November 1996. It does not derive from the Internet Explorer code and was written from scratch for being as light-weight as possible. PIE 1.1 was later released that supported cookies, HTTPS, and SSL. Pocket Internet Explorer 2.0, released in September 1997 with Windows CE 2.0, added many new features: offline browsing, resizing images to fit to screen, and richer HTML support, including framesets and tables. PIE 3.0, introduced in July 1998 with Windows CE 2.10, added support for JScript and various secure protocols.

The next version, Pocket Internet Explorer 4, was the first to support ActiveX, CSS, VBScript as well as further extending support for HTTPS and advanced HTML features. Pocket PC 2002 version of PIE brought limited support for DHTML and XML, and also the ability to browse WAP sites – a feature not present in Internet Explorer for PC, Internet Explorer 6.0 added support for IFrames. Currently it's a relatively feature-rich browser, supporting FTP, XSLT, cookies, animated GIFs and much more. Microsoft is planning to bring Internet Explorer Mobile 6, which is expected to have the full functionality of the desktop version, to their next version of Windows Mobile. It was shown running briefly during Microsoft's 2009 CES Keynote on a Palm Treo Pro, and again in an official video for Toshiba's TG01 phone, which has Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor.

Extensions

As with the desktop version, Pocket Internet Explorer's underlying rendering technology is exposed to program developers. This has led to various web browsers built on Pocket Internet Explorer that add additional functionality. Browsers that add "tabbed" browsing include Webby Mobile and ftxPBrowser.

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