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Opera Updates Mini And Mobile Browsers

By The Guru on December 2, 2009

Today, Opera released new betas for both its Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 web browsers. Opera Mini 5 is a java-based browser that is capable of running on nearly any phone on the market, while Opera Mobile 10 is specifically designed as a native application for both Symbian and Windows Mobile-powered smartphones. The new betas include Opera Link support to easily synchronize your bookmarks (provided you’re using Opera as your desktop browser), as well as a ton of bugfixes and stability improvements.

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These new versions have a more polished look and feel, as well as an improved downloads manager and speed dial feature. Both use Opera’s own onscreen keyboards for touchscreen devices, and I personally like them both much better than Symbian’s default onscreen keyboards. When using Opera Mobile 10 on the Nokia N97 (or N97 Mini), unfortunately there’s no way to disable the onscreen keyboard, even when you have your hardware keyboard out.

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The first beta of Opera Mobile 10 had severe RAM-usage issues, specifically on the Nokia N97. After a bit of testing, it seems as though they have significantly improved this, so that even opening large websites seems to be much more stable, and I am able to run Gravity and Opera Mobile 10 at the same time.


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  • http://twitter.com/Eetezadi Sina Eetezadi

    They still haven't fixed a bug on Nokia E71. If I want to type an “@” it types an “{” in the inline editing. Workaround is activating “Fullscreen Editing” in the settings. :-/

  • http://twitter.com/Eetezadi Sina Eetezadi

    Also it didn't upgrade, but installed as new application…now I should update all the speedials sites, which isn't as fast as in the desktop.

  • gringcorp

    I downloaded Mini and like it much better than the Nokia N79's browser, mostly the number-based scrolling, though its attempts to render full pages rather than send me to the mobile ones is sometimes a bit futile. I haven't tried Mobile because I'm not sure whether I want it taking up so much memory on the N79 and whether I'd see that many benefits on such a size screen. I'd love to know if I'm missing out.

  • http://iUnlock.com adam@iunlock

    I wonder if they have improved the onscreen keyboard performance for capacitive screens. As great as the virtual QWERTY was when I tried it on an N97, it is very difficult to use with my i8910. I’ll have to try it tonight and see…

  • El-tra

    There is an option to disable the onscreen keyboard in Opera Mini 10b2:
    Settings – Advanced – System edit: On
    Works great on my N97! :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/madBYK Burak Yiğit Kaya

    The new Opera Mobile is awesome in one word. It has a great UI which does not consume space when not needed and is still usable with my huge fingers easily.

    The speed and appearance of the application is great. It also managed to run https://www.passpack.com, a very JavaScript heavy page, pretty good and fast. This is how the built-in Symbian S60v5 browser should be. And it also is a flagship of nice looking and easy-to-use applications on Symbian^1 platform.

  • hTep

    On Nokia E72 it's 'u' which is replaced by '*'… It's a funny game

  • hTep

    On Nokia E72 it's 'u' which is replaced by '*'… It's a funny game

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