Cosmos - browser, which does not need Internet

We live in the so-called era of the Internet. Every day the number of Wi-Fi-access points is increased, the speed of the mobile Internet is growing, and the coating mobile operators becoming larger and larger. And yet, despite all this, I think you are probably faced with a situation where the load or other page needed urgently, but a number of circumstances do not allow you to do so. The lack of an Internet connection, an insufficient number of available traffic - the reasons could be many. To help find a way out of such situations is intended browser Cosmos, who is in the final stages of development. His release for Android platform is scheduled for the end of September, but you can read it now.

Cosmos - this is not the first attempt to create a browser that does not require you to Internet connection. The same idea implemented previously to its customers in the company T-Mobile in the annex Smozzy.

Its essence is simple. When you try to open a page in the browser is sent an SMS-message containing the requested address. Next, the server processes the request from the source code of the page removed CSS and JavaScript. After that, the user is sent a series of messages containing text from the desired website.

Despite its cheapness and usefulness, the use of SMS imposes a number of restrictions. For example, you will likely need an unlimited data plan, if the need for Cosmos will not be a one-off. By the way, the browser uses an international SMS service sharing TwilioWhich is available both in Russia and in Ukraine. You also need to take into account the page loading time. Taking into account the entire cycle of sending and receiving messages and their processing on servers, that's for sure will take a few minutes. At Cosmos example will be good to show the meaning of "sit on dial-up." Nevertheless, he remains the only one of its kind and is often an indispensable way to get access to the Internet when it is urgently needed, and where other options do not have to go to Network.

Check for updates and release date browser can hereAnd for those who can not wait to try out the Cosmos in action, the developers have created separate Git-repository with the source project.