Trying to understand HTML5 compatibility on mobile and tablet browsers

Feature Safari on iOS Android Browser BlackBerry Browser Nokia Browser Internet Explorer Opera Firefox webOS Browser
Version tested iPhone, iPad Phones
(1-2.3, 4.0)		 Tablets (3.0+) Phones Tablet Meego - Nokia N9 Symbian Windows Phone Mobile Mini Android  
Minimum version tested 3.2 1.5 3.0 5.0 1.0 1.2 ^3 9 11 5 6 1.4
Latest version tested 5.0 4.0 4.0 7.0 2.0 1.2 Belle 9 11.5 5 8 2.0

Application Cache

W3C API

Offline package installation.

 true true
2.1+		 true true
6.0+		 true true true
 true true

Web storage

W3C API

Persistent and session storage.

 true true
2.0+		 true true
6.0+		 true true true true
 true true

Web SQL storage

W3C API (no active)

Persistent SQLite storage.

 true true
2.0+		 true true
6.0+		 true true   true   true

Geolocation

W3C API

Geolocation & tracking using GPS, cells or Wi-Fi.

true true
2.0+		 true true
6.0+		 true true true true
 true true

Multimedia

W3C API

Video & Audio Players

 true true
2.3+		 true true
7.0+		 true true
true true
 true true

Server-Sent Events

W3C API

EventSource pattern to mantain the connection to the server open

 true
4.1+		       true
2.0+		 true
  true
 true  

Web Sockets

W3C API

Newbidireccional protocol over HTTP

true
4.2+		     true
6.1+		 true
  
  true
 true
7+		  
Feature Safari on iOS Android Browser BlackBerry Browser Nokia Browser Internet Explorer Opera Firefox webOS Browser
Version tested iPhone, iPad Phones (1.0-2.3) Tablets (3.0+) Phones Tablet Meego - Nokia N9 Symbian Windows Phone Mobile Mini Android  

Web Workers

W3C API

Threading and background process communications

true
5.0+		     true
6.0+		 true
 true
  true
 true  

Canvas API

W3C API

2D Drawing API

 true true true true true true true
Anna+		 true true true true true

SVG

W3C Working Group

Scalable Vector Graphics

 true true
4.0+		 true true true true true true true true true  

Motion Sensors

W3C Standard

Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer

 true
4.2		 true
4.0+		 true   true
 true         true
moz (custom)		  

HTML5 Form Virtual Keyboards

W3C Standard

Text Inputs with different keyboards

 true
     true true true true
Anna+		 true true   true  

HTML5 Form New Controls

W3C API

At least: Date, Time, Month, Range

 true
5.0+		   true true
6.0+		 true
2.0+		       true   true  

Touch Events

W3C API

touchstart, touchend, touchmove, touchcancel

 true true
2.1+		 true true
6.1+		 true true     true
(android)		   true  
Feature Safari on iOS Android Browser BlackBerry Browser Nokia Browser Internet Explorer Opera Firefox webOS Browser
Version tested iPhone, iPad Phones (1.0-2.3) Tablets (3.0+) Phones Tablet Meego - Nokia N9 Symbian Windows Phone Mobile Mini Android  

CSS 3 Basic

W3C Standard

opacity, backgrounds, text effects, rounded corners

 true true true true
6.0		 true true true
Anna+		 true true true
partial		 true true

CSS 3 Transforms 2D

W3C Standard

rotate, translate, scale, skew, matrix

 true true
2.0+		 true true
6.0		 true true true
Anna+		 true true true
partial		 true true

CSS 3 Transforms 3D

W3C Standard

scale3d, translate3d. Perspective, Backface

 true true
4.0+		 true   true true            

CSS 3 Transitions

W3C Standard

Animations between two states

 true true
2.0+		 true true
6.0		 true true true
Anna+		   true   true true

CSS 3 Animations

W3C Standard

Animations with keyframes

 true true
2.0+		 true true
6.0		 true true true
Anna+		       true true

Viewport definition

W3C API

Meta tag support.

 true true
supports target-densityDpi		 true true
 true true true
Anna+		 true true
supports css & meta		   true true

Position: fixed support

W3C Standard

Ability to mantain an element fixed in the viewport while scrolling / zooming

 true
5.0+		 true
2.2+ & non scalable viewport		 true
3.1+		 true
7.0+		 true true            

Remote Debugger

Ability to attach a remote debugger, such as Web Inspector

 true
weinre (inspector)		 true
weinre (inspector)		 trueweinre (inspector) true
7.0+
true
       true
DragonFly		     true
weinre (nspector)
Feature Safari on iOS Android Browser BlackBerry Browser Nokia Browser Internet Explorer Opera Firefox webOS Browser
Version tested iPhone, iPad Phones (1.0-2.3) Tablets (3.0+) Phones Tablet Meego - Nokia N9 Symbian Windows Phone Mobile Mini Android  

WebGL

Khronos Group API

3D Canvas for the web

   true
2.3 only on Sony Xperia		     true
2.0+		           true
  

XMLHttpRequest 2.0

W3C API

AJAX 2.0: upload files, progress

 true
5.0+		 true
4.0+		 true   true
2.0+		 true            

Navigation Timing API

W3C API

Performance events for WPO

   true
4.0+		 true
4.0+		         true     true
7+ 		 

Notifications API

W3C API

Background alert notifications

         true
2.0+		           true
  

Network Information API

W3C API

Connection Type: 2G, 3G, 4G, WiFi

   true
2.2+		 true                  

File API

W3C API

Opening local files through input type

   true
4.0+		 true   true
2.0+		              

CORS

W3C API

Cross origin Resource Sharing, for cross domain AJAX request

 true true
4.0+		 true     true            

HTML Media Capture

W3C API

Taking pictures, record video and audio from an input file type

   true
4.0+		 true
                  

IndexedDB

W3C API

Agnostic database system (replacement for Web SQL)

                     true
  

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