Pocket Internet Explorer Version 1 Pocket Internet Explorer was first introduced in Windows CE 1.0, released in November 1996. It does not derive from the
Internet Explorer code and was written from scratch for being as lightweight as possible. PIE 1.1 was later released, which supported
cookies,
HTTPS, and
SSL.
Version 2 and 3 Pocket Internet Explorer 2.0, released in September 1997 with Windows CE 2.0, added many new features: offline browsing, resizing images to fit to screen, and richer
HTML support, including
framesets and tables. PIE 3.0, introduced in July 1998 with Windows CE 2.10, added support for
JScript and various secure protocols.
Version 4 Pocket Internet Explorer 4 was the first to support
ActiveX,
CSS,
VBScript, and further extended support for HTTPS and advanced HTML features. The Pocket PC 2002 version of PIE provided limited support for
DHTML and
XML, and also the ability to browse
WAP sites – a feature not present in Internet Explorer for PC. Internet Explorer 6.0 added support for IFrames. The
web browser supports
FTP,
XSLT, cookies and animated
GIFs among other features.
Internet Explorer Mobile Version 6 Microsoft announced an updated version of Internet Explorer Mobile on April 1, 2008, alongside Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0/6.1. It was described as "taking advantage of Internet Explorer 6 technologies," with promised support for H.265, Adobe Flash, and Microsoft Silverlight content. It would also support panning and zooming on pages designed for desktop browsers, similar to
Safari on iPhone. The new update was shown running briefly during Microsoft's 2009
CES Keynote on a
Palm Treo Pro, and later in an official video for
Toshiba's
TG01 phone. Internet Explorer Mobile 6 was released as part of Windows Mobile 6.1.4, and some OEMs also installed it on Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Standard devices. New features include enhanced JavaScript and AJAX support (Jscript v5.7 from
Internet Explorer 8) and support for
Adobe Flash Lite 3.1. The browser also has a redesigned finger friendly
Graphical user interface. however according to
Gizmodo and
Engadget it didn't render pages as well as
Opera Mobile and browsers based on
Webkit.
Version 7 On February 15, 2010, Microsoft unveiled its next-generation
mobile operating system, Windows Phone. With it, came a new version of the Internet Explorer Mobile browser. New features for the browser included multi-touch gesture support, tabbed browsing, a new UI, smooth zoom-in/out animations, and a hybrid rendering engine combining the
Internet Explorer 7 and
Internet Explorer 8 desktop versions. According to
Engadget and
Gizmodo, rendering speed and quality has significantly improved and was now on par with those of competing mobile browsers based on WebKit.
Version 9 At Mobile World Congress 2011 in February, 2011, Microsoft unveiled a major upgrade to Internet Explorer Mobile based on the rendering engine of
Internet Explorer 9. Like its desktop counterpart, the browser features full hardware acceleration. Changes in this version included moving the address bar to the bottom of the screen and making it present in landscape orientation. Microsoft showed a number of
HTML5 demonstrations for the browser. This is the last version supported on Windows Phone 7.
Version 10 At the Windows Phone Developer Summit in June 2012, Microsoft revealed that the next version of Windows Phone,
Windows Phone 8, would use the same web browsing engine as
Windows 8 PCs and tablets. Internet Explorer Mobile 10 was intended to be faster and more secure, with anti-phishing features like SmartScreen Filter to block dangerous websites and malware. Sharing a core with
Internet Explorer 10, Internet Explorer Mobile 10 supports a broader range of the HTML5 capabilities (including pointer events) and boosts applications/websites' performance. When it released, Internet Explorer Mobile 10 out-performed the
Galaxy S III,
HTC One S, and
iPhone 4S on
iOS 6 Beta in the
SunSpider benchmark.
Version 11 On July 15, 2014,
Microsoft released
Windows Phone 8.1, which includes the new Internet Explorer Mobile 11 browser. This version gets even closer to the
desktop counterpart, by carrying over many of its improvements. New features include: ==Gallery==