Sprint to Deploy OpenWeb Proxy on Vision, Power Vision Devices
Humberto SaabedraIn 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.
