As the tecknology of Software as a Service (SaaS) become more popular, studies show that the demand for more effecient mobile browsing experience increases. Companies the provide SaaS to there customers are finding that potential customers as well as existing customers are investigating the possibilities of having this companies re-engineer some of their in-house web applications to operate on mobile browsers. Especially with systems like CRMs, companies are looking for more ways to interface with their large in-house applications while on the road.
With the growing demand for SaaS products and the deployment of 3G cellular networks with faster browsing speeds, device manufacturers are improving the quality of their browsers. Mobile browsers can now deliver enterprise software to smartphones through web-based applications.
Presently, Mobile Safari used by Apple on the iPhone has received raved reviews regarding both its usability and its rendering of websites. Mobile Safari is based on the open source 'WebKit'. Other WebKit browsers are the Nokia S60's native browser and the Google's upcoming Android browser.
Although the average mobile user has seen much improvement in the mobile browsing, interesting mobile Web advances are still to come. Developers are continuously searching for better ways to make mobile browsing as seamless as it is on desktops.
Michael Morisy, "As SaaS takes off, mobile browsers start to matter more", 30 Jul 2008, Searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com
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