California-based Internet search giant Google Inc. has revealed that Google Gears, its application programming interface, is making the transition onto mobile phone handsets so that users can store and carry their Web app data while on the move.
Google Gears beta is now available for mobile developers. Credit: Google.
Writing in an explanatory blog entry posted earlier this week, Charles Wiles, Google’s Mobile Product Manager, has outlined that a mobile beta version of the Google Gears browser extension software is now available for use by mobile app developers.
While the software is only open to mobile handset owners equipped with Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 devices, Wiles added that versions for other mobile platforms such as Google Android will also be forthcoming in the near future.
In terms of the related flexibility and accessibility attributed to Google Gears, usage will enable mobile developers to work with their Web-based applications when either online or offline, with data saved to the host handset for further work whenever the user decides to return to it, reports the International Business Times.
Although the mobile iteration of Google Gears is presently only in its beta stage, Google Gears already has a place on desktop and laptop personal computers with versions currently available for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser via the XP and Vista operating systems.
Similarly, it is also available for Mozilla’s Firefox browser on XP, Vista, MacOS and Linux
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