March 4th, 2008
Google releases Gears for mobile devices
Google Gears is a plugin that you can download for your browser (if you use Internet Explorer or Firefox) that lets you use and interact with compatible websites while you are offline. It is a great tool that developers can make use of — however it’s still in it’s early stages and it’s not widely adopted yet.
Today Google launched Gears for mobile devices. It only runs on Internet Explorer Mobile, so those of you using Opera Mini or WebKit are left out in the cold for now. I wouldn’t imagine Google will completely ignore these two browsers as Opera is a major player, and WebKit powers mobile browsing in Android.
Google posted a torrent of “official” blog posts about the new product this morning, and in the one from the Google Code guys, they even announced their intentions to support “Android and other mobile platforms with capable web browsers”.
Click here to watch an interview with the Google Gears for Mobile team.
Garett Rogers is employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
