iConverged

So the rumors of many years ago were true. Google finally did release a browser. Naturally, I downloaded it and took it for a test drive. Here is the short of it.

Version reviewed:

Google may be rolling out updates regularly (For example, I suddenly see evident popup blocking), so to put it in context, this is the version I am reviewing

Installation:

The installer is just around 470K to download, but of course that is the ‘pre-installer’. Once you grab the pre-installer, it downloads the rest of the browser from the net. As of now, in its first release, focus seems to be on super simplicity. It does not even ask you where to install it. I am OK with that, but it really does choose a weird location to install it (in Documents and Settings!)

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Update: Apr 29 2008: UA+Stack code released here

Hey folks, HSC released the android ported mjsip stack source code.

Grab it from here. Look for the attachment to the post titled “Ported GNU Mjsip stack for Google Android”

If you see a “PDF” icon under that post, don’t worry, its actually a ZIP with source in it. Our website folks will fix that annoyance soon.

Note that this is a “developer’s release”. It will allow you to start building applications using the mjsip stack on android. It’s not an “automatic solution for long distance calling” (as some blogs reported it) - it is a tool for developers within you to make such applications.

We also have a working SIP UA we ported on top of this stack (which we called ‘SIPDroid’ - no points for being imaginative here). We are yet to release that port - will do so in a short while.

Note that this is just a SIP stack. There is no RTP included. We did some initial experiments with porting open source RTP stacks - seems very simple. We may just do it later, or you do it and add to this effort