In a press release this morning, Sprint has announced the intention to use the OpenWeb page rendering service provided by OpenWave in order to provide customers with a more familiar browsing experience when using standard WAP based browsers.
The service works in a manner similar to Opera Mini where pages are sent through a reformatting proxy before being displayed on the device, and Sprint states that it will provide an experience similar to browsing a page on a desktop computer. The service is being implemented at this time and is expected to be completed within the next two weeks.
As the service is being deployed on the Vision servers, there is no software update required but it is not known whether other browser programs such as Opera Mini or Pocket Internet Explorer will be affected.
I have a 700P. Will this help Blazer?
Maybe. From what I understand and have read on the Sprint ADP email list, it’s a reformatting proxy designed to make pages render faster and more like an actual webpage on the desktop. I haven’t seen the service on my end so I can’t comment on that.
I have noticed the vision home page going to the old format(from about 4 yrs ago)when short mail was used for sms messaging. Then it goes back to the current format.
They must be still doing some work on integration then. I would give it the full timeframe given by Sprint and then try to notice the differences.
@Kenneth: This update sounds like it will impact ALL phones that browse the web on the Sprint network. It should not matter what kind of phone you have. But what do you mean when you say the Vision home page is going to the old format and goes back to the current format? It looks different? It goes back to the current format by itself? Have you seen this happen more than once?
Here’s some great insight and commentary about OpenWeb’s proxy and it’s implications: http://wapreview.com/blog/?p=510 … Before reading that commentary, I was looking forward to a good change, based only on Sprint’s press release, which is what they want. But after reading it, I realize I don’t want this!!
Sorry for the triple post, but I thought this was important information. There’s an update to the blog I posted above: http://wapreview.com/blog/?p=514
Cecil this started(or was just noticed)last wk. I can make it happen right now by logging into my acct. Then choose opt of my acct home. The 1st item is messaging. I click on it & I get an opt for short mail. Also under opt games I see an old free web game I played on my N400. But gives me an error trying from 700P.