Blazer browser

This page was last updated at: May 27, 2026

Blazer was a Mobile web browser that ran on Palm OS. It was developed by Handspring. It was developed for about 6 years before being discontinued. Blazer's website doesn't work any more, but there is a saved copy of it on archive.org.

The original version of Blazer was developed by Bluelark Systems and was released in November 2000. A month later, Bluelark Systems were acquired by Handspring.

About Blazer

Browser URL web.archive.org/web/20010619093123/www.handspring.com/software/blazer_overview.jhtml
Browser made by Handspring
Development Status Discontinued
The developers have announced that the browser won't be developed any more
Launched 2000
Discontinued 2006
Operating System Palm OS
Blazer ran on PalmOS 3.1 or higher
Device platform Mobile
Rendering Engine NetFront
Originally Blazer used its own custom engine, but with Blazer 3 it switched to NetFront

Features

  • WAP support
  • HTML
  • Proxy server support
  • SSL
  • 16 bit colour
  • Categorised Favourites

Blazer 4 added more features:

  • VPN support
  • Better support for web standards, including HTML 4.01, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS 1.0 and partial 2.0 support, animated GIFs, and Cookies

Discussion and reviews of Blazer

Many users liked the "Fast" mode of Blazer; which allowed sites to load without CSS, meaning that pages could download faster and display quicker.

I've found some reviews that state that Blazer is the "browser of choice" for PalmOS; better than Palm's own web browser.

Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazer_(web_browser)
General Info
2008-04-10
 Five Tips to Improve the Palm Blazer Browser
Some good advice for tweaking some of the things on Blazer; including adding font smoothing and custom favourite icons.