Reqwireless Explained

Reqwireless was a software company specializing in delivering HTML and rich email content to Java ME/MIDP-capable cellphones. Reqwireless was acquired by Google in July 2005.^[1]

Reqwireless WebViewer is a Web browser for Java ME MIDP devices.WebViewer supports HTML along with GIF and JPEG images, providing users of mobile Java devices with access to the real Web. WebViewer is not a WAP browser. WebViewer is just 48K as a JAR file and is built upon ReqwirelessWeb, a class library for fetching and rendering HTML. WebViewer supports the following features:

• HTML, including forms and image maps
• GIF, JPEG, PNG, and BMP images
• HTTP, FTP, and gopher resources
• HTTP cookies
• JavaScript
• HTTP Basic authentication
• HTTPS (if supported by the device)
• Bookmarks
• History
• Web cache

External links

• Google acquires Reqwireless
• Archived site: Web site: Welcome to Reqwireless, Inc.. https://web.archive.org/web/20050618012627/http://www.reqwireless.com/. dead. 2005-06-18. 2005-10-29. 2020-01-29.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Google turning Canada into mobile software mecca. The Register. 2006-01-10. 2007-04-04.