MicroB / ˌ m aɪ k r oʊ ˈ b iː / was a mobile web browser developed by Nokia for use in smartphones and mobile devices that run the Maemo operating system . The browser is Mozilla -based and uses the Gecko layout engine .
6-535: It is shipped with Nokia's N800 , N810 and N900 Internet Tablets, and is also available for the 770 via the ' Hacker Editions ' of the operating system. In place of Mozilla's XUL -based user interface , MicroB uses the Maemo-native ( GTK -based) Hildon API and widgets. MicroB was initially released as a public beta for Internet Tablet OS 2007 on July 17, 2007 to allow third-party developers and community members to develop and port plugins , and help shape
12-644: Is a wireless Internet appliance from Nokia , originally announced at the Las Vegas CES 2007 Summit in January 2007. N800 allows the user to browse the Internet and communicate using Wi-Fi networks or with mobile phone via Bluetooth . The N800 was developed as the successor to the Nokia 770 . It includes FM and Internet radio , an RSS news reader, image viewer and a media player for audio and video files. Note that
18-516: Is not included to reduce size and decrease memory consumption. As XUL is not included, most Firefox plugins require porting and repackaging before they can be used with MicroB. In place of XUL, MicroB uses GTK and the Hildon UI toolkit to provide a native interface. Add-ons usually need to be ported . The Maemo Browser Extras project is responsible for a large number of the available add-ons. Nokia N800 The Nokia N800 Internet tablet
24-418: Is similar to many handheld operating systems, and provides a "Home" screen—the central point from which all applications and settings are accessed. The Home screen is divided into areas for launching applications, a menu bar, and a large customisable area that can display information such as an RSS reader, Internet radio player, and Google search box for example. Maemo is a modified version of Debian . The N800
30-562: The USB port uses a mini-B socket instead of mini-AB so that a specially grounded adaptor is required to make full use of the USB OTG client/host auto-switching. Switching can be done in software with regular adaptors, though. USB OTG only provides 100 mA of current (versus full-size USB's 500 mA), so devices with larger current requirements will need to be used with a powered USB hub . The N800, like all Nokia Internet Tablets, runs Maemo , which
36-519: The development of the browser. It was updated several times before it replaced Opera as Internet Tablet OS's default browser with the release of Internet Tablet OS 2008 on November 18, 2007 with the N810 . MicroB is Mozilla -based and uses the Gecko engine , but a number of features are omitted due to platform-specific limitations. In particular, SVG support is disabled due to unacceptable performance, and XUL
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