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Google Gears for Windows Mobile released March 04, 2008 [General] | By Edward J. R. Not to be confused with Leigh Gears (a Microsoft MVP in Windows Mobile area) from CoolSmartphone.com, the Google Gears is a stand-alone application consisting of a web server with storage capacity, that practically enables running of AJAX web applications (consisting of dynamic HTML and a lot of JavaScript) without having connection to the Internet - fully off-line! By now Google Gears was available only for PC (big computers), but surprisingly the AJAX-loving Google has released a mobile version of this off-line platform and it is available now for Windows Mobile at first! Google released it for Windows Mobile before (!) releasing it for Google Android or any other mobile platform: Google Gears is now available on Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices. Mobile devices are, by their nature, often disconnected from the network. Even when connected, the latencies in data connections in mobile networks can make web applications sluggish. Google Gears gives developers the tools to overcome these obstacles. Google Gears works in exactly the same way on a Windows Mobile 5 or 6 device as it does on a desktop PC. If you've already written an application that uses Google Gears, your application will also work on a Windows Mobile 5 or 6 device. Except, of course, only within the limitations of that device. This means you need to consider things such as small screen and limited ability to input text as well as the limitations of the Document Object Model and CSS APIs present on mobile devices. Limitations of Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices are discussed later in this document. To learn more, visit: Google Gears Mobile API, announcement about pocket Google Gears or more information with some examples of Google Gears apps for Windows Mobile.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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