I don't think this has anything to do with the merger or Sprint at all. It was Palm that licensed Blazer and who is providing the new browser. I just downloaded it and haven't tried it out yet, but on the surface it looks simlar to WebPro (hopefully with a lot of bugs fixed.) The About dialog says nweb 2.02 copyright 2002. Gah, three years old, but then most recent Palm OS browser development has focused on OS5, so what can you expect.

Does anybody know if I500SMS is going to work with NWEB? I sent a note to pdaaps. No response yet...

Cheers!

FiBi

so there's no way we can delete the blz icon after we install the new browser?

I get strangely inconsistent results with the new browser. Sometimes it connects just fine; but more often it gives me an error: DNS error. Please check coverage. check that the host address in Preferences is correct, and try again. [4626]"

__________________
That'sssssssss all folks!

Just loaded the new browser. I don't like the look but it's basically Web Pro V - except that it returns to the last page you were on (like Blazer) instead of always starting at the homepage (like Web Pro).

No, the new browser does NOT support Java. It does support JavaScript.


The browser announces itself as Novarra Browser nweb 2.02, and is a 'newer' version of Palm Web Pro (WebProV) 1.01. A quick check through the binary shows that they share lots of common code, but they also have a number of difference bits of code that I've not yet tracked down.

nweb uses a default home page of pda.sprintpcs.com, the same useless page that Blazer has. WebPro uses http://mobile.palmone.com/. The helper proxy is named sprintpcs.proxy.novarra.com (vs. webpro.palm.com in WebPro).

One other difference is the code in nweb appears to let you select an email app, whereas WebPro would only use the default one.

oh, and 'ball' mentioned the best change of all: when you go back to it, it displays the web page you were last at, instead of the most annoying behavior of WebPro.

nweb is 60K smaller, and it immediately used the home page and bookmarks I had in WebPro. Looks like I'll be deleting WebPro...

So any idea about how to move bookmarks from Blazer to Nweb?

Thanks,

BB

__________________
That'sssssssss all folks!

There should be no reason why I500SMS should work any differently. AFAIK there is zero interaction between I500SMS and the browser, Blazer or otherwise. Furthermore, I500SMS no longer does "web scraping", so its function, now reduced by half as it doesn't have anything to do with incoming textmsgs any more, does not involve any websites or HTML at all. I500SMS simply sends info to the PDAApps server.

You sorta have to ignore half of what the I500SMS docs say, what little there is, about websites and incoming msgs. It just shows how neglected the I500SMS app is, after such a HUGE change as making half of I500SMS's function irrelevant, there has never been a new release, update or anything. Just the same 2year old piece of code.

Does this browser use a proxy server? If so, it expires at the end of next year:

[from the EULA when you get your download link]:
Proxy-Based. If you have obtained Product which functions via the use of a proxy server, Novarra is hereby notifying you that the proxy server shall be operated and supported through December 31, 2006. After the preceding date, Novarra shall discontinue operating and supporting the proxy server and the Product will cease to perform any or all functions after December 31, 2006.

Are there any better 'home' pages other then the default? The blazer one was horrible!

__________________
Scott Doniger

Try http://mobile.palmone.com/ you might like it better; be sure to check out the "More"

Thanks to jlv's prior post on this.

xBB

__________________
That'sssssssss all folks!

I just downloaded the new browser and I like it so far.