You're visiting a remote Italian village and you suddenly forgot the name of this quaint little cafe you were looking for, but you have no data or wifi connection to go to Neive.com.it to search for the name. You're shopping for a gift for your sister-in-law but you don't know what's her favorite color and you need to look at her blog to find out what it is, but again, no data or wifi. A new browser for your mobile devices Cosmos wants to solve those dilemmas by giving you access to a website even when you're not connected all through the power of text messaging.
Sounds magical right? Here's how it works. On the browser, type in a valid URL of a site you want to go to. Your device will then send the URL to a remote server. This server will then package the website into a zip file then will send that file to you through a text message. Cosmos intercepts the message, unpacks it for you and voila, you can now view the website you need, when you need it, even if you don't have any Internet.
But of course, do not expect that the website will look the same as when you're browsing through normal circumstances. The browser will of course only show the minimal and limited version that it can bring you, given that it is working without Internet. So no flash animation, no hi-res photos, maybe even no photos at all. But when you're in a bind that only the Internet can fix, then you can turn to Cosmos for help.
The browser is also still in its beta stage so expect several bugs and crashes. But if you want to give it a try, you can get the sourcecode for free from Github. For some reason, Cosmos mysteriously disappeared from the Google Play Store though, so just fork it from that link.
VIA: Droid Life