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May 1, 2008
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GOOGLE GEARS will now be available to a select set of mobile devices.

According to a blog post from Google Mobile Team Product Manager Charles Wiles, the open-source beta software--which allows offline users access to Web applications normally accessible only online--will function in much the same way on mobile devices as it does on desktop PCs.

The mobile Google Gears is essentially a browser extension for creating rich Web applications, a fully functional port of Google Gears v0.2 that can be used to add offline capability into mobile Web programs. Google warns that the apps will be hindered by device limitations such as small screens and limited text ...

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