Q for Sprint Treo users - different browser?

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Lee Derbyshire wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> One of my users needs to access a Web Site protected by Basic Authentication
> from his Treo browser. I don't think the supplied browser can do this, so I
> suggested replacing it. He said that Sprint told him that no other browser
> will work with the device. Is that true? Can you really not install
> another browser on it?
If it is true it is Sprint specific, and that doesn't make sense to me.
I've tried other browsers on my Treo 270 w/ TMobile service and I know
Treo 600 users that are using other browsers (Xiino for example, as it
supports java). In fact Treocentral has a recent thread on one of the
newer alternative browsers:
http://discussion.treocentral.com/ [...] hp?t=48336

hth, jim b

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"Jim Bash" <jbash@uic.edu> wrote in message
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> In fact here is a thread specifically about using other browsers with
> Sprint:
> http://discussion.treocentral.com/ [...] hp?t=49827

Thanks, Jim. I'll pass on the information.

Lee.