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| {{Infobox web browser | |||
| | name = Microsoft Mobile Explorer | |||
| | logo = ] | |||
| | screenshot = ] | |||
| | caption = Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3 Emulator under ] | |||
| | developer = ] | |||
| | author = STNC Enterprises Ltd. | |||
| | frequently_updated = no | |||
| | discontinued = yes | |||
| | released = 1.0 {{release date and age|1998|02}} | |||
| | latest release version = 3.0 | |||
| | latest release date = {{release date and age|2001|02|19}} | |||
| | operating system = | |||
| | status = discontinued; Replaced by ] | |||
| | platform = ]<ref name="ms introduced" /> | |||
| | language = | |||
| | programming language = ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://19990219221551/www.stnc.com/news/graphlib.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990219221551/www.stnc.com/news/graphlib.htm|archivedate=19 February 1999|accessdate=15 April 2011|publisher=STNC|title=STNC targets smart phone and consumer device developers with launch of compact and memory efficient Portable Graphics Library|date=29 September 1997}}</ref> | |||
| | genre = ] | |||
| | license = ] | |||
| | website = {{url|http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/mobile/phones/default.htm}} (taiwanese, english down) | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Microsoft Mobile Explorer''', (abbreviated MME)<ref name="ms introduced" /> was a ] and ] for different ]s for ] (featured phones and smart phones).<ref name="ms introduced" /><ref name="cambridge">{{cite press release|url=http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=2236|accessdate=29 April 2011|title=Cambridge Consultants and STNC develop intranet-enabled DECT-based cordless telephony products|publisher=]|date=26 January 1999}}</ref> Originally under the name '''HitchHiker''' and under development by STNC, it was acquired by Microsoft in July of 1999. Although Microsoft tried to push its ] and could deliver it on more than 1.2 million devices in Asia, they were unsuccessful in comparison to other companies like ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033_3-236537.html|date=4 February 2000|title=Redmond plays underdog in wireless land|first=John|last=Borland|publisher=CNET|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2001|title=AOL browses handsets with Nokia|first1=Richard|last1=Shim|first2=John|last2=Borland|publisher=CNET|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023_3-251144.html|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="ktfree" /> | |||
| MME had many features such as an ], ]<ref name="ktfree" /><ref name="mitsubishi" /> with ] and contact manager,<ref name="cambridge" /> and the first dual-mode micro browser to display ] and ] content on the same page.<ref name="ms introduced" /><ref name="ktfree" /><ref>{{Cite press release|title=Microsoft Mobile Phone Software Design Review Brings Leading Mobile Handset Vendors, Operators and Systems Integrators Together|url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2000/sept00/mobilephonepr.mspx|date=29 September 2000|accessdate=21 April 2011|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> | |||
| ==History== | |||
| ===STNC HitchHiker=== | |||
| {{Quote box|width=35%|quote=The ambitious plan will put the small British company, which has just 12 staff members, up against competitors such as Spyglass and Navio that develop Web-enabled software for mobile devices.|source=Douglas Hayward, TechWire<ref name="techwebmoney" />}} | |||
| ], a British company, relocated and reorganized their business in October 1996 and started to develop for mobile devices.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/relocate.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990220071258/www.stnc.com/news/relocate.htm|archivedate=20 February 1999|title=STNC relocates to new premises to accommodate rapid growth|accessdate=14 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=21 October 1996}}</ref> At the ] they presented the ] '''HitchHiker'''. It needed only 250] of ] although supporting many features, which were later expanded, such as ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/inside-business-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-allpurpose-phone-1175974.html|accessdate=29 April 2011|title=Inside Business: HitchHiker's guide to the all-purpose phone|date=4 October 1998|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/tegic.htm|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19981207004408/www.stnc.com/news/tegic.htm|archivedate=7 December 1998|title=STNC Adds Tegic Communications’ T9TM Text Input to its HitchHikerTM Smartphone Platform|accessdate=25 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=28 September 1998}}</ref> ], ] and later ],<ref name="registersymbian" /> ],<ref name="registersymbian" /> ],<ref name="registersymbian" /> ] and ] images, printing pages, ], and an ]<ref name="esc97">{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/browser.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990302023108/http://www.stnc.com/news/browser.htm|archivedate=2 March 1999|title=STNC demonstrates world’s smallest Web browser at Embedded Systems Conference ‘97|accessdate=14 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=29 September 1997}}</ref> with ], ], ], ] and ] attachments support.<ref name="geobook">{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/brother.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19981205232930/www.stnc.com/news/brother.htm|archivedate=5 December 1998|title=STNC provides Web and email technology for Brother's new $599 GeoBookTM|accessdate=15 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=10 July 1997}}</ref> | |||
| Under the hood it had its own ] including ], ], ], ], ] and ] support and a dialer to control modem access.<ref name="geobook" /> | |||
| HitchHiker was also available as an ] rebranded as NetBrowser at the ] ]-series like the ]<ref name="geobook" /><ref>{{cite news|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19990916145126/www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?WIR1997072307|url=http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?WIR1997072307|archivedate=16 September 1999|accessdate=27 April 2011|title=Brother Launches Alternative To Notebook Computers|date=23 July 1997|work=TechWeb News|first1=Roger C.|last1=Lanctot|publisher=]}}</ref> and was ported to many platforms and operating systems as ] (],<ref name="registersymbian" /> ],<ref name="HitchHikerMillennium" /> ]<ref name="HitchHikerAnnouncement" />), ]'s ],<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/mware.htm|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19990220042636/www.stnc.com/news/mware.htm|archivedate=22 February 1999|title=Microware and STNC Team to Provide World’s Smallest Web Browser|accessdate=25 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=11 May 1998}}</ref> ]<ref name="eetimes gsmforum">{{cite news|accessdate=29 April 2011|work=]|date=22 February 1999|url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4037164/Voice-wireless-data-advances-buoy-GSM-standard|title=Voice, wireless-data advances buoy GSM standard|first=Peter|last=Clarke}}</ref><ref name="hitchhikerCE" /> and ] (]).<ref name="esc97" /><ref name="HitchHikerAnnouncement" /> ] ] smartphone.<ref name="HitchHikerMillennium" /><ref name="registersymbian">{{cite news|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/01/11/symbian_deal_lays_ground/|work=]|accessdate=30 April 2011|date=11 January 1999|title=Symbian deal lays ground for Web wireless standards|first=John|last=Lettice}}</ref> | |||
| STNC's partners and customers include Ericsson, Amstrad, Samsung<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Samsung and Microsoft Announce Strategic Alliance To Deliver Next-Generation Mobile Phones|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jun00/SamsungPR.mspx|date=13 June 2000|accessdate=16 April 2011|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref>, Qualcomm<ref>{{Cite web|title=Microsoft Launches MSN Mobile 2.0|url=http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/18813492/microsoft-launches-msn-mobile-2-0.htm|first=Paula|last=Rooney|date=28 February 2000|accessdate=16 April 2011|work=]|publisher=]}}</ref>, Tegic.<ref name="hitchhikerCE">{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/ce.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990508222317/www.stnc.com/news/ce.htm|archivedate=8 May 1999|title=STNC releases HitchHikerTM for Windows CE|accessdate=15 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=22 February 1999}}</ref> | |||
| On the ] conference ] and STNC announced that ]-based phones will support HitchHiker.<ref name="cambridge" /> | |||
| The licensable demonstration platform called ''WebWalker'' was in partnership with ] produced.<ref>{{cite news|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19990219134151/www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980216S0002|archivedate=19 February 1999|title=Web May Be Too Big For World's Smallest Browser|accessdate=24 April 2011|date=16 February 1998|first=Andrew|last=Craig|publisher=CMP Media|work=]|url=http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980216S0002}}</ref> This was a single core platform, running the GSM stack on the same processor as the application stack.<ref name="hitchhikerTTP">{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/cannes.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990219210323/www.stnc.com/news/cannes.htm|archivedate=19 February 1999|title=More than a wireless web browser: STNC and The Technology Partnership demonstrate the first licensable smartphone|accessdate=15 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=16 February 1998}}</ref> | |||
| HitchHiker was awarded in 1998 to a ].<ref name="HitchHikerMillennium">{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/millprod.htm|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19990220011353/www.stnc.com/news/millprod.htm|archivedate=20 February 1999|title=STNC's HitchHikerTM smartphone solution granted Millennium Product status|accessdate=16 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=2 November 1998}}</ref> | |||
| presented on the ] in Cannes, 1999.<ref name="hitchhikerCE" /> | |||
| The royalty fees where at 1$ per copy<ref>{{cite news|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19990914192355/www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19980601S0032|url=http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19980601S0032|archivedate=14 September 1999|publisher=CMP Media|date=1 June 1998|title=Platform Smartens Up any Phone|work=]|issue=1010|accessdate=27 April 2011}}</ref> and the company said it had sales of around $850,000 in 1996.<ref name="techwebmoney">{{cite news|title=Start-up Plans Mini-Java For Phones|date=25 July 1997|first=Douglas|last=Hayward|work=]|accessdate=25 April 2011|publisher=CMP Media|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/19981205054720/www.techweb.com/wire/news/jul/0725mini.html|url=http://www.techweb.com/wire/news/jul/0725mini.html|archivedate=5 December 1998}}</ref> | |||
| a figure it expects to double this year<ref name="techwebmoney" /> | |||
| ===Microsoft Mobile Explorer 1=== | |||
| {{Quote box|width=35%|quote=We will continue to license our technology to third parties, We will certainly not exclude Symbian. In general the business remains more or less the same.|source=], former CEO of STNC, then a director of Microsoft's productivity appliances division.<ref name="eetimesmsacquires" />}} | |||
| In July 1999 Microsofft acquires STNC<ref name="eetimesmsacquires">{{cite news|url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4038383/Microsoft-acquires-provider-of-Epoc-browser-technology|title=Microsoft acquires provider of Epoc browser technology|first=Peter|last=Clarke|accessdate=29 April 2011|date=21 July 1999|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Dallas|first=Kevin|date=1 September 2000|title=Browser explores in mobile realm|journal=EE Times|pages=100|url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4040922/Browser-explores-in-mobile-realm|accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Jul99/STNCpr.mspx|title=Microsoft Acquires STNC, a Leader in Digital Cellular Software|publisher=Microsoft|date=21 July 1999|accessdate=14 April 2011}}</ref> and HitchHiker became directly '''Microsoft Mobile Explorer'''.<ref name="ms introduced">{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Dec99/MobileExplorerPR.mspx|title=Microsoft Introduces Microsoft Mobile Explorer|publisher=Microsoft|date=8 December 1999|accessdate=14 April 2011}}</ref> | |||
| MME was mainly for '']s'' with small (mostly monochrome) screens and limited resources like no local storage and the counterpart to the software-set to '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2009-1040_3-244383.html|accessdate=17 April 2011|publisher=]|date=11 August 2000|title=Microsoft's Waldman sets sights on Palm, cell phone makers}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/phones/smartphone/default.asp|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20010801175233/www.microsoft.com/mobile/phones/smartphone/default.asp|archivedate=1 August 2001|accessdate=17 April 2011|title=Mobile Phones: Smart Phone|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040_3-244260.html|title=Microsoft abuzz over Web-enabled cell phone|first=Stephanie|last=Miles|date=9 August 2000|accessdate=19 April 2011|publisher=CNET}}</ref> In October 1999 it was demonstrated by Microsoft Chairman and CEO ] at the ] in ]<ref name="ms introduced" /> and was an additional technology to their mobile internet solution to ], the ] and ] and Microsoft's commitment to the ].<ref name="ms introduced" /> | |||
| ] was a so called ], which ] MME to different platforms<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brettward.co.uk/bwl/projects.htm|accessdate=15 April 2011|publisher=Brett Ward Limited|title=Projects}}</ref> such as MME 1 to the ].<ref name="brett" /> | |||
| ====Features==== | |||
| *calendar | |||
| *contact information | |||
| *voice mail | |||
| *Internet access | |||
| *HTML forms<ref name="MME2000featurephone" /> | |||
| ===Microsoft Mobile Explorer 2 and the Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB=== | |||
| {{Quote box|width=35%|quote=We set up a small joint company to supply and market mobile e-mail solutions. We viewed this as a pilot project. The cooperation did not amount to much, one reason almost certainly being that both Microsoft and Ericsson are fairly difficult companies to cooperate with. But the media exaggerated it all, which pushed stock prices up and also led to reactions on the board|source=], CEO and President of Ericsson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ericssonhistory.com/templates/Ericsson/EricssonBook/Article.aspx?id=3909&epslanguage=EN|date=8 December 1999|title=COLLABORATION WITH MICROSOFT|first1=Svenolof|last1=Karlsson|first2=Anders|last2=Lugn.|publisher=The writers and the Centre for Business History, Stockholm and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson|accessdate=24 April 2011}}</ref>}} | |||
| (wanted in) second quarter of 2000 <ref name="MME2000featurephone" /><ref name="computerworld" /> (released in beginning 2001?) <ref name="itworld" /> | |||
| http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Feb00/QualcommPR.mspx Qualmcomm don't know how to integrate atm | |||
| In December 1999 Microsoft and ] announced a ] with the goal to create together an ] with a ] where Ericsson provided its WAP ] to Microsoft and will adopt MME in their featured phones.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/dec99/ericssonpr.mspx|title=Microsoft, Ericsson Announce Strategic Partnership To Drive Mobile Internet Market|publisher=Microsoft|date=8 December 1999|accessdate=21 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Sept00/EricssonPR.mspx|title=Next Step in Ericsson and Microsoft Alliance: Launch of Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB|publisher=Microsoft|date=11 September 2000|accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/1999/12-08ericsson.mspx|title=Microsoft, Ericsson Team Up to Bring Information Anytime, Anywhere, to Carriers and Consumers|publisher=Microsoft|date=8 December 1999|accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Microsoft and Ericsson To Create Wireless Venture|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/09/business/microsoft-and-ericsson-to-create-wireless-venture.html|first=Lawrence M.|last=Fischer|date=9 December 1999|publisher=]|accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033_3-234093.html|title=Ericsson, Microsoft create wireless Net company|date=8 December 1999|first=Sandeep|last=Junnarkar|publisher=CNET|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref> | |||
| In June of 2000, Microsoft opened a ''Mobility Solutions Center'' in ] and developed MME there, among ], ], ], ], ], ], ]s, ] email server, and ] ]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040_3-248148.html|date=6 November 2000|title=Microsoft, Compaq shake on handhelds|first=Joe|last=Wilcox|publisher=CNET|accessdate=21 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jun00/MobilityPR.mspx|title=Microsoft Launches First Mobility Solutions Center in Sweden's "Wireless Valley" and Opens the Door to Mobile Internet Partners|publisher=Microsoft|date=19 June 2000|accessdate=21 April 2011}}</ref> | |||
| Although the strategic partnership was then extended in September 2000 and the two companies created the joint venture called '''Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB''' owned with 70% by Ericsson and respectively 30% by Microsoft,<ref>{{cite press release|language=Chinese|url=http://www.ericsson.com/cn/ericsson/press/2000/0918.shtml|accessdate=24 April 2011|date=18 September 2000|publisher=Ericsson|title=爱立信中国 - 新闻 - 爱立信与微软战略合作关系翻开崭新一页--双方宣布正式成立爱立信微软移动合资公司,计划在年底将移动电子邮件投放市场}}</ref><ref name="itworld" /> although the transaction had been never completed by Microsoft.<ref name="computerworld" /> Because the development was slower than expected, Microsoft left the joint venture, although the strategic partnership remained<ref name="computerworld">{{cite news|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/64468/Microsoft_pulls_out_of_mobile_joint_venture_with_Ericsson|publisher=]|work=]|accessdate=24 April 2011|title=Microsoft pulls out of mobile joint venture with Ericsson|first=Laura|last=Rohde|date=5 October 2001}}</ref><ref name="mobile.se">{{cite web|first=Linus|last=Brohult|date=5 October 2001|accessdate=24 April 2011|language=Swedish|title=Inget gemensamt bolag för Ericsson och Microsoft|publisher=]}}</ref> and then integrated into Ericsson's ''System Intergration Business'' (then part of ''Global Services division'').<ref name="mobile.se" /><ref name="itworld">{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/IDG011005MicrosoftMobileJV|title=Microsoft pulls out of mobile JV with Ericsson|publisher=]|accessdate=24 April 2011|date=5 October 2001}}</ref> A few days later Ericsson announced the new joint venture with ] to ] in October 2001<ref>{{cite press release|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20011220010306/www.ericsson.com/press/20011001-1121.html|archivedate=20 December 2001|date=1 October 2001|url=http://www.ericsson.com/press/20011001-1121.html|publisher=]|title=Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications established today}}</ref> | |||
| Maybe for later integration: bluetooth development by E MS JV | |||
| http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20030507011534/www.computerworld.com/news/1999/story/0,11280,37837,00.html | |||
| Microsoft could win at least for trials many providers such as ], ], ], ], ], and ] to use MME.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033_3-238609.html|date=30 March 2000|accessdate=17 April 2011|title=BT, AT&T, Microsoft team on wireless Net services|first=Stephanie|last=Miles|publisher=CNET}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-234095.html|date=8 December 1999|title=Microsoft jumps on Net cell phone surge|first=Sandeep|last=Junnarkar|publisher=CNET|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20050505045502/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/17759/vodafone-and-microsoft-go-mobile.html|archivedate=5 May 2005|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/17759/vodafone-and-microsoft-go-mobile.html|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=12 September 2000|title=Vodafone and Microsoft go mobile|publisher=PCPro|first=Darren|last=Lock}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2000/jun00/telefonicamovilestrialpr.mspx|title=Telefonica Moviles Espana and Microsoft Announce Corporate and Consumer Trials For Wireless Internet Services|publisher=Microsoft|date=5 June 2000|accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2000/oct00/telefonicapr.mspx|title=Telefonica Moviles and Microsoft Set Up Joint Executive Advisory Team To Develop New Mobile Products and Services|publisher=Microsoft|date=16 October 2000|accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref> | |||
| Mobile Explorer 2.0 was available on the ],<ref name="brett">{{cite web|url=http://www.brettward.co.uk/bwl/mmesi.htm|accessdate=15 April 2011|publisher=Brett Ward Limited|title=Microsoft Mobile Explorer}}</ref> ],<ref name="economic times">{{cite news|accessdate=4 May 2011|date=31 January 2005|work=]|title=Don't let the new mobile tech fool you|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-01-31/news/27484649_1_mobile-phones-mobile-subscriber-base-mobile-industry}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2000/feb00/mobileexplorerpr.mspx|title=Sony Licenses Microsoft Mobile Explorer|publisher=Microsoft|date=24 February 2000|accessdate=15 April 2011}}</ref> ],<ref name="brett" /> ], ], ], ], ], and ]'s ],<ref name="ktfree">{{cite press release|url=https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/aug00/08-10mobile.mspx|title=Microsoft Mobile Explorer Helps Cut the Cord in Korea|publisher=Microsoft|date=10 August 2000|accessdate=15 April 2011}}</ref> ]' ].<ref name="ktfree" /> | |||
| ====Features==== | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| will include additional support for robust and secure corporate access, e-mail, personal information access, as well as dual mode HTML and WAP 1.1-based Internet access | |||
| <ref name="MME2000featurephone" /> | |||
| ===Mobile Explorer 3=== | |||
| {{Quote box|width=30%|quote=Mobile Explorer is a key component of our multi-device strategy, enabling users to access the information they want regardless of what format it is written in, be it HTML, cHTML or WAP, and regardless of the phone operating system.|source=], VP of Microsoft's Mobile Device Division<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coming to a handset near you, Mobile Explorer 3.0|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/19337/coming-to-a-handset-near-you-mobile-explorer-30.html|first=Alun|last=Williams|date=19 February 2001|accessdate=16 April 2011|work=]|archiveurl=http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20050824114201/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/19337/coming-to-a-handset-near-you-mobile-explorer-30.html|archivedate=24 August 2005}}</ref>}} | |||
| Presented at the ] in 2001, Mobile Explorer 3.0 was released with new features<ref name="mme3">{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/feb01/02-19mmepr.mspx|title=Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0 Provides Tomorrow's WAP 2.0 Functionality Today|publisher=Microsoft|date=19 February 2001|accessdate=15 April 2011}}</ref> added ]<ref name="mitsubishi" /> compatibility (])<ref name="mitsubishi" /> ] protocol 3 (WAP 1.2.1 specification)<ref name="mitsubishi" /> and ]<ref name="mitsubishi" /> plus numerous proprietary schemes. By imaginatively combining these proprietary schemes with WAP protocols, MME3.0 implemented OTA database synchronisation, push email,<ref name="mitsubishi" /> push information clients (not unlike a 'Today Screen') and PIM functionality. The cancelled Sony Ericsson CMD-Z700 was to feature heavy integration with MME3.0. | |||
| ] ] ],<ref name="mitsubishi">{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/Mar01/03-20MitsubishiMMEPR.mspx|title=Mitsubishi Wireless Brings Microsoft Mobile Explorer to the United States|publisher=Microsoft|date=20 March 2001|accessdate=15 April 2011}}</ref> ],<ref name="mitsubishi" /> ],<ref name="mitsubishi" /> ] ],<ref name="mme3" /> and was the default browser for ].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/Dec01/12-05WCEUSApr.mspx|title=Microsoft Windows CE for Automotive 3.5 Advances In-Car Computing|date=5 December 2001 |publisher=Mircosoft|accessdate=24 April 2011}}</ref> | |||
| Mobile Explorer development had ceased by mid-2002{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} and was replaced by a feature-richer version of ].<ref name="economic times" /> | |||
| ====Features==== | |||
| *calendar | |||
| *contact software | |||
| *task lists | |||
| *media player | |||
| <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=25 April 2011|archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20000817182318/www.microsoft.com/mobile/mme/sphone.asp|archivedate=17 August 2000|url=http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/mme/sphone.asp|title=Mobile Explorer: Smart Phone|year=2000}}</ref> | |||
| ==Technical== | |||
| {{Quote box|width=35%|quote=If really isn't OS agnostic--and to get the full functionality you have to get the full Windows CE of the Mobile Explorer--we're right back to Microsoft trying to capture the entire value proposition from one end to the other.|source=], director of platform strategy and planning for ] Computing<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040_3-234168.html|date=8 December 1999|title=Ericsson deal only tip of the wireless iceberg|first1=Stephanie|last1=Miles|first2=Joe|last2=Wilcox|publisher=CNET|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref>}} | |||
| The browser was very flexible by using a components which the phone manufacturer can chose,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040_3-237278.html|accessdate=19 April 2011|date=24 February 2000|title=Microsoft to get software in smart phones|first=Stephanie|last=Miles|publisher=CNET}}</ref> and was able to use directly on top of the device's hardware<ref name="HitchHikerAnnouncement">{{cite press release|url=http://www.stnc.com/news/hitchhiker.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990219230920/www.stnc.com/news/hitchhiker.htm|archivedate=19 February 1999|title=The world’s smallest smartphone platform: STNC announces HitchHikerTM|accessdate=16 April 2011|publisher=STNC|date=16 February 1998}}</ref> and independent of the phone's operating system.<ref name="MME2000featurephone">{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/mme/fphone.asp|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000817182323/www.microsoft.com/mobile/mme/fphone.asp|archivedate=17 August 2000|title=Feature Phone|accessdate=18 April 2011|publisher=Microsoft|year=2000}}</ref> | |||
| The browser also links to phone-specific applications so that users can dial phone numbers directly from a Web site.<ref name="MME2000featurephone" /> | |||
| Microsoft sold additional server applications that enables new services including ], ] and email that the operator can provide to its users and thus generating more revenue.<ref name="MME2001req" /> | |||
| MME also supports ]s of WAP gateway and e-mail settings as well as provisioning of services and information by WAP push.<ref name="MME2001req" /> | |||
| Cookies were stored in the phone’s read-only memory.<ref name="MME2001req" /> | |||
| ===System requirements=== | |||
| *]: Less than one ] of processor power required.<ref name="eetimes gsmforum" /> | |||
| *]: Less than 450 KB on a standard processor | |||
| *]: 108 KB (minimum), 256 KB (recommended) | |||
| *]: Both color and monochrome displays | |||
| *]: no operating system support required; it can be integrated with any existing phone ] | |||
| <ref name="MME2001req">{{cite web|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20010811201929/www.microsoft.com/mobile/phones/mme/default.asp|archivedate=11 August 2001|url=http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/phones/mme/default.asp|accessdate=19 April 2011|title=Mobile Phones - Mobile Explorer|publisher=Microsoft|year=2001}}</ref> | |||
| ==under Constructions== | |||
| MSN mobile (browser) based on OmniBrowse not related to MME! | |||
| Although it was not used, it was possible to combine HTML and WAP in the same pages although this would render the pages invalid for any other device.{citation needed|date=April 2011}} | |||
| (to include) data: | |||
| *http://www.devhood.com/Tools/tool_details.aspx?tool_id=52 | |||
| *http://www.handymeile-nord.de/handy-galerie/Microsoft/Mobile%20Explorer.php | |||
| * useful? how to integrate? | |||
| ], ]. In addition, ]'s ill-fated and e-m@iler+ products used HitchHiker as their operating systems.<ref name="hitchhikerCE" /> | |||
| If finish: | |||
| *upload svg logo | |||
| *create redirects: | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| **Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB to MME#Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB | |||
| *wikilinks in: | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| **]: Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB, a joint venture between Microsoft and Ericsson | |||
| <nowiki> | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| </nowiki> | |||
| Presented on: | |||
| *Calendar of Events | |||
| *Events/Conferences Dates Location | |||
| *Telecom 99 10-17 October Geneva, Switzerland | |||
| *CITA Wireless IT 99 2-4 November Santa Clara, CA | |||
| *WAP Congress/Developers Symposium 16-18 November Barcelona, Spain | |||
| *Smartphones Conference 6-8 December Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||
| *GSM World Congress 2-4 February Cannes, France | |||
| *CeBIT 24 February - 1 March Hannover, Germany | |||
| *CTIA Wireless 2000 28 February - 1 March New Orleans, LA | |||
| http://web.archive.org/web/20000817182328/www.microsoft.com/mobile/mme/calendar.asp | |||
| ===todo=== | |||
| *find information about MME2 | |||
| *explain the featured phone/smart-phone relationship | |||
| *Books? | |||
| *when was the development ceased? (reference) | |||
| *a final copyedit | |||
| ===SnapTrack=== | |||
| On December 14, 1999, ] announced that it would be working with Microsoft to implement SnapTrack's ''Personal Location Technology'', an early form of GPS into Microsoft Mobile Explorer.<ref>{{cite news|title=SnapTrack's Personal Location Technology to be Available for Microsoft Mobile Explorer Phone Platform|date=December 14, 1999|work=Sinocast|publisher=]|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> | |||
| Quotes: | |||
| * "We are delivering an open, modular mobile phone platform, Microsoft Mobile Explorer, that will enable, among other products, smart phones that provide compelling new services and features like off-line e-mail, mobile yellow pages, multi-media, search tools, remote banking and location-based services", Kevin Dallas, group product manager of the productivity appliances division at Microsoft. | |||
| * "SnapTrack's Personal Location Technology's ability to deliver accurate, real-time location-sensitive information, combined with the functionality of Microsoft Mobile Explorer for smart phones, really demonstrates the power of our platform to deliver our customers useful, location-based information any time to smart phones anywhere", Kevin Dallas. | |||
| * "Teaming with the world's premier software company gives SnapTrack the opportunity to put Wireless Assisted GPS(TM) into the hands of millions of wireless consumers", Steve Poizner, CEO of SnapTrack | |||
| * "Incorporating SnapTrack into Microsoft Mobile Explorer for smart phones will allow wireless device manufacturers to build intelligent, location-sensitive devices that are capable of meeting mobile consumers' growing demands for flexibility and functionality.", Steve Poizner | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist|2}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| *{{official|http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/mobile/phones/default.htm}} | |||
| ** Microsofts (508kb ] document archived by ]) | |||
| * - What's special about the Microsoft Mobile Explorer? | |||
| {{Internet Explorer}} | |||
| {{web browsers}} | |||
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