12-14-2004, 01:00 PM
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"Skweezing" the Internet
"Mobile Internet users can access the free version of Skweezer by visiting www.skweezer.net from any wireless data-enabled handset. Skweezer is essentially a Web portal, such as Google or Yahoo!, that enables visitors to browse the Internet with Skweezer's optimization technology. This technology compresses and reformats Web content being downloaded to the user's device, so that it loads faster, looks better, and is easier to navigate. Since the Skweezer portal dramatically reduces a file's size before it's sent to the device, users who pay wireless data charges on a "per-kilobit" basis save money when they browse with Skweezer."
Greenlight Wireless have just released a free service for mobile users called Skweezer. By optimising the downloaded content, Skweezer will essentially help save users a lot of money when accessing the internet on a wireless data plan. Users can also create a Skweezer account for free. This allows you to save favourites, access Plaxo contacts, customise the Skweezer homepage, and gain access to the free Skweezer Mail services. I think this is a great service provided by the company, and I think you will too. Happy Skweezing!
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12-14-2004, 01:55 PM
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This is pretty cool. Thanks!!
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12-14-2004, 02:20 PM
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Is this the same service that for the past couple of years Greenlight's been charging people to use? If so, it does help with some of the formatting problems we always see with mobile devices.
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12-14-2004, 02:32 PM
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So far, not bad.
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12-14-2004, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
If so, it does help with some of the formatting problems we always see with mobile devices.
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From what I've seen so far, it works quite well. It renders everything to a somewhat optimised form. Of course, not ALL websites can be "skweezed" the way you would want it to, but for the benefit of reducing wireless costs and the loadup times, I think it works well. The good thing is you do away with having to install additional software on your Pocket PC as it all works remotely off the Skweezer web engine.
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12-14-2004, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
Is this the same service that for the past couple of years Greenlight's been charging people to use?
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Brad,
Looks like Skweezer has now morphed into 2 versions, a free ad-supported version and a "pro" version that claims to have:
- No ads
Unlimited e-mail support
Faster performance
The pro version runs $14.99 per year.
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12-14-2004, 05:40 PM
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Works really great, that's a cool service!
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12-14-2004, 06:43 PM
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MultiIE has an option of viewing any page in Skweezer by using a pull-down on the 'go' button. I've found that multiIE does a pretty good job of forcing most web sites to fit on the screen, and for those that don't - just running them through skweezer usually does the trick.
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12-14-2004, 07:29 PM
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Works good on my trusty old eg-800. Pages also load fairly quickly.
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12-14-2004, 09:18 PM
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Re: "Skweezing" the Internet
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
Greenlight Wireless have just released a free service for mobile users called Skweezer. |
Skweezer has been available for a loooong time. The recent "release" was the free portal through skweezer.net. This service used to be subscription based (now the pro version).
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