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Microsoft launches IE9 Mobile Test drive site for Windows Phone 7 Mango

Microsoft launches IE9 Mobile Test drive site for Windows Phone 7 Mango

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Microsoft has just launched the mobile version of the IE9 Test Drive site specifically tailored to test and benchmark the new HTML5 / CSS capabilities of the new browser included in the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Mango update:

Over the coming months leading up to the release of Windows Phone “Mango” and beyond, we will be adding new samples to the Mobile Test Drive for you to try out, and will announce them here on the blog when we do.

To kick things off, the first 15 samples available on the Mobile Test Drive will be:

Audio Player (from MIX11)
Geolocation
Border Radius
DOM Local Storage
Scalable Vector Graphics
CSS3 Media Queries
DOMContentLoaded
FishIE Tank
Speed Reading (from MIX11)
Animated Text
HamsterDance Revolution
Business Charts
IE Logo
Video Panorama
Browser Control Theming


According to early test conducted by an MVP who apparently has Mango bits the LG Quantum and Asus E600 both scored 28fps on the FishIE Tank test.

source: IE Mobile Test Drive , Microsoft

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