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  • The UC Browser

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    The UC Browser or UCWeb is a Chinese mobile browser first released in 2004. Initially it used a server proxy compression to speed up page rendering, using its own proprietary rendering engine (U1 + U2) and minimize data load. It currently has a leading market share in China and India.

  • The Opera browser

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    The Opera browser has been developed by Norwegian software developer Opera Software since 1995. The browser has played a major role in early mobile devices but today it is a rare sight for both desktop and mobile devices. Opera used to have it's own rendering engine, Presto, but with version 15 they switched to Blink.

  • The Teleca/Obigo browser

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    The Teleca/Obigo browser was created by Swedish company AU System in 1999. It was known as MIC (Mobile Internet Client) when it was released as the worlds first WAP browser. It played an important role in the very early years of WAP technology due to low memory requirements.

  • The Openwave/Myriad browser

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    The Openwave browser was a large player in the dawning mobile market and closely tied in with the development of the WAP protocol. In 2006 it was installed on almost 50% of all shipped mobile devices. In 2008 it was sold to Purple Labs and later changed its name to Myriad. As of version 9 the browser switched to WebKit.

  • The NetFront browser

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    The NetFront browser is produced by Japanese company Access Co. Ltd. By 2011 the NetFront browser has been embedded in more than 1 billion devices. The browser is still being embedded in devices but is no longer considered an important player.