Google Gears Heads To Windows Mobile Phones, Android Coming Soon

Washington (dbTechno) - Google is bringing out a version of their Google Gears browser extension software to developers for Windows Mobile phones. It is expected to fully support Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mobile.

Google Mobile Product Manager Charles Wiles made the announcement via a blog post on Monday, revealing Google Gears for Windows Mobile phones.

Google Gears allows people to work with Web-based applications even when they go offline.

Users are able to see data and documents from the internet, even when offline, thanks to the device saving them.

The software uses the cache data on mobile devices to save the documents to allow for work offline.

Google Gears is currently only available in mobile form as a beta for the Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile.

It is also being developed for other platforms, including Google’s Android system.