Just a heads up, Iris has been updated again, although it’s a minor update and only includes minor, and the inevitable bug fixes, if you are using it you’ll want to update!

You can download the beta update Here

You have to repeat the process you followed initially to acquire the program, but it’s well worth the effort. I’m slowly adding all of my most used bookmarks to the beta and using it more and more. Actually, Iris is still not supported for my part of the world, but it’s working fine.

I’d still like to see the ability to add existing bookmarks from other mobile browsers added, but it is actually rendering pages faster than the latest Opera 9.5 Beta, and maintains all of your current settings on update installation.

One other Query I have, if I register for  the Beta every time I download it, why do I not get any email notification of updates? Just a little irk I have!

Check it out and see if you like it!

There’s been a huge amount of Windows Mobile Browser news over the past week, courtesy of the MWC. Also our friend Werner over at SmartPhoneMag has put up a full list of all the browser news, and his insights as to the current situation with Windows Mobile browsing. One of the  browsers, Iris from Torch mobile, is finally out of Beta and ready for public consumption, and it’s still free.

I have tried out Iris many a time through it’s development, and of course it didn’t last, install, try, uninstall you know the drill. Although, as with all mobile browsers, the rule of thumb is to deliver the closest thing to a desktop browsing experience on a mobile phone, as possible.

Market leaders in the Mobile browser world, Opera, have defined the feature set, paradigm, for what we expect from a WinMo browser, and all other browser developers, including Microsoft have been playing catch up for quite a while. As most WinMo users are using Opera mobile for a comparison platform for a browser, any software that comes close for free is going to be a viable option, in steps Iris…

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