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Google bought Reqwireless in 2005, which is based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where I live.

This FAQ says that their original products are no longer available.

Meanwhile, they post jobs occasionally, such as this product manager position in Waterloo.

So, they must be doing something ... Is it a mobile phone? Maybe not. But it sure has something to do with them.

Google bought Reqwireless in 2005, which is based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where I live.

This FAQ says that their original products are no longer available.

Meanwhile, they post jobs occasionally, such as this product manager position in Waterloo.

So, they must be doing something ... Is it a mobile phone? Maybe not. But it sure has something to do with them.

This is a blow for the Opera for Mobile product, it seems to me. I wonder how usable this new browser is without a proxying component like the one used by the Reqwireless WebViewer or even the BlackBerry's built-in browser?

I just got a 6100, and I like it a lot.

However, there are a couple of things I just can't figure out.

Like why Nokia didn't include a Java-based HTML browser and e-mail client. If a third party can make them, you'd think Nokia would give it a shot as well.

Or why there is only *one* game pre-installed, and not a very fun one at that ("Chess Puzzle").

I can make up for these deficiencies with a few Euros and a few downloads, but it strikes me as odd that Nokia didn't bother updating their phone software on that particular model, which where I live (Hungary) is being pushed as a sophisticated low-price handset (I paid about 80 EUR with a contract.)

Reqwireless is now using this AOL-IMAP interface to make AOL Email available on any cell phone, see: here . This is a complete Email solution, offering attachment-handling (Word, Excel, ZIP, PDF, more), HTML-email, images, send/replying from your AOL account and more, all in 55 KB and for most cell-phone models. Free trial available.

If you stick to standard MIDP 1.0 and take care to dance around device-specific bugs, it's possible to have an application that works on a wide variety of devices. In my previous job, I wrote a Web browser that works on about 70 different phones from 10 different manufacturers--all running the same JAR.

We've found the Sanyo 5300 to be worthless for general Web surfing under SprintPCS.

Have you tried Reqwireless WebViewer? It's an HTML browser for the Sanyo 5300 and other Java-enabled phones. Our Sanyo 5300 users seem to enjoy WebViewer. (I work for Reqwireless and helped develop WebViewer.)

I know that the A500 has a bit more functionality than the N400, but if there's a better browser that I can use on the N400, I'd like to hear about it.

Have you tried Reqwireless WebViewer? It's an HTML (not WAP) browser that works on the A500, N400, and most other Java-enabled phones. The Samsung phones don't provide the best experience due to their slow speed and lack of heap memory, but we've still had a number of A500 and N400 users buy WebViewer. (I work for Reqwireless and helped develop WebViewer.)

Since the phone supports Java, you can download an HTML Web browser for J2ME phones.

When I saw the headline, I thought the article would be about Internet access using just the phone. For those not wanting to lug around the laptop, you can download a Web browser and email client for the Sanyo 4900 (and most other J2ME phones).

When I saw the headline, I thought the article would be about Internet access using just the phone. For those not wanting to lug around the laptop, you can download a Web browser and email client for the Sanyo 4900 (and most other J2ME phones).

If you've got a Nokia 7650, you don't need to wait for Opera's next-year release. You can enjoy the real Web today, with no horizontal scrolling (unless you want it when viewing full-size images), using Reqwireless WebViewer. Also works with most other J2ME phones.

Reqwireless WebViewer already solved these same problems almost a year ago, and with the added bonus that it works on many more mobile phones than what Opera appears to be targeting.

Opera still seems limited to Symbian OS phones like the Sony Ericsson P800 and Nokia 7650, which Reqwireless WebViewer supports. Additionally, Reqwireless WebViewer works on phones such as the Motorola i85s, i95cl, Accompli 008, T720, V60i, Samsung SPH-A500, and RIM BlackBerry 5810.

(Disclaimer: I work for Reqwireless and wrote most of WebViewer. I'm kind of annoyed that Opera is acting as though they've done something new.)