<s>
Blazer	B-Application
was	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
available	O
for	O
Palm	B-Application
handhelds	O
running	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
3.1	O
or	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
Blazer	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Bluelark	O
Systems	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
supported	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
WAP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
the	O
markup	O
language	O
used	O
in	O
i-Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
popular	O
use	O
of	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Blazer	B-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
differentiated	O
itself	O
from	O
other	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
by	O
its	O
fast	O
performance	O
,	O
progressive	O
rendering	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
WAP	B-Protocol
and	O
i-Mode	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
utilized	O
a	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
which	O
provided	O
transcoding	O
and	O
image	O
conversion	O
optimized	O
for	O
small	O
,	O
underpowered	O
handheld	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
1	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
2	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
proxy	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
SSL	B-Protocol
,	O
16	O
bit	O
color	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
improved	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
2	O
was	O
available	O
both	O
as	O
product	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Treo	O
180	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
paid	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
all	O
copies	O
of	O
Blazer	B-Application
1	O
and	O
2	O
were	O
rendered	O
inoperable	O
as	O
the	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
for	O
these	O
browsers	B-Application
was	O
taken	O
offline	O
by	O
Palm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
3	O
was	O
a	O
significant	O
upgrade	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Palm	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
dumped	O
the	O
original	O
code	O
for	O
Blazer	B-Application
and	O
started	O
fresh	O
with	O
the	O
NetFront	B-Operating_System
Browser	I-Operating_System
Engine	O
(	O
most	O
notably	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Clie	I-Application
)	O
as	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
Blazer	B-Application
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
came	O
Palm	B-Application
Blazer	I-Application
4.0/4.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Tungsten	B-Application
E2	O
,	O
the	O
Tungsten	B-Application
T5	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Treo	B-Application
650	I-Application
and	O
680	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
included	O
faster	O
loading	O
,	O
an	O
improved	O
UI	B-Application
,	O
VPN	B-Application
with	O
an	O
extra	O
plugin	O
,	O
the	O
saving	O
of	O
image	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
files	I-Language
to	O
a	O
memory	O
card	O
or	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
homepages	O
,	O
bookmarks	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
start	O
on	O
the	O
last	O
viewed	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
4	O
also	O
featured	O
support	O
for	O
web	O
standards	O
including	O
HTML	B-Language
4.01	I-Language
,	O
XHTML	B-Language
1.0	I-Language
,	O
WML	B-General_Concept
1.3	O
,	O
SSL	B-Protocol
3.0	O
,	O
cHTML	O
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
1.5	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
1.0	I-Language
and	O
2.0	O
(	O
partial	O
)	O
,	O
GIF	O
(	O
both	O
still	O
and	O
animated	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
transparency	O
)	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
and	O
Cookies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
some	O
advanced	O
features	O
may	O
cause	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
crash	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
in	O
Wide	O
Page	O
Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
,	O
Blazer	B-Application
4.3	O
browser	B-Application
became	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Treo	B-Application
650	I-Application
,	O
TX	O
and	O
LifeDrive	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
significant	O
addition	O
to	O
4.3	O
was	O
the	O
fast	O
mode	O
option	O
,	O
which	O
removes	O
images	O
and/or	O
disables	O
cascading	B-Language
style	I-Language
sheets	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazer	B-Application
4.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Treo	O
700p	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
application	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
faster	O
page	O
rendering	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
streaming	B-Application
video	I-Application
(	O
using	O
a	O
built-in	O
version	O
of	O
Kinoma	O
Player	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
Treo	B-Application
755p	I-Application
along	O
with	O
a	O
mobile	O
optimized	O
version	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Blazer	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
Adobe	O
Flash	O
Player	O
-	O
meaning	O
you	O
cannot	O
view	O
popular	O
videos	O
on	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
ESPN	O
or	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
This	O
issue	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
addressed	O
by	O
Palm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
Centro	O
has	O
demonstrated	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
videos	I-General_Concept
on	O
its	O
browser	B-Application
using	O
a	O
high	O
speed	O
internet	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
demonstrated	O
on	O
the	O
mobile	O
version	O
of	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
which	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
Flash	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
Palm	B-Application
phones	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Blazer	B-Application
can	O
also	O
play	O
these	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
version	O
of	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
accessed	O
by	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kinoma	O
released	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
Video	O
Player	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
purchased	O
for	O
many	O
Palm	B-Application
phones	O
,	O
that	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
Flash	O
Video	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Blazer	B-Application
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
guide	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
for	O
many	O
popular	O
video	O
sites	O
,	O
like	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
Google	O
Video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Palm	B-Application
users	O
could	O
get	O
a	O
discount	O
on	O
this	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
