Opera Mobile 10 makes life tougher for Microsoft

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David Flynn23 November 2009, 10:30 AM

With HTC and Samsung pre-installing Opera Mobile as the default browser on their Windows Mobile smartphones, the newest version 10 ups the ante for Internet Explorer Mobile.


Microsoft talks a good game for mobile browsing, and has hinted that the Internet Explorer baked into next year’s Windows Mobile 7 will be The One That Matters (Really, We Promise).

But Opera is out there on the field, and it’s playing to win. You want proof? Check out the just-released Opera Mobile 10 beta, which is available for all Windows Mobile 6.x devices as well as Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson smartphones running Symbian Series 60, 3rd edition.

It’s got a smooth sharp look, tabbed browsing, visual bookmarks which present thumbnails of each page in a ‘speed dial’ grid plus enhanced performance for rendering and zooming.

The mini-browser’s revised UI is also more finger friendly if you’re using a touchscreen phone, and as with the previous edition, Opera Mobile 10 can route traffic through Opera’s own servers to compress Web pages on the fly for faster and cheaper (based on reduced data usage) browsing.

You can check out more features of Opera Mobile 10 in the clip below, and click here to grab a copy of Opera Mobile 10 for your Windows Mobile or Symbian S60.3 smartphone.






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Fornax (Regular user):

I love Opera but they are little confusing when they have the mini and mobile which look identical and both go onto phones although a slightly different categories of phones but still..

23 November 2009, 3:46 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

apt.pupil (Advanced member):

i actually do not like opera's new page rendering engine, and unfortunately opera mobile 10 beta is a ported version(i am testing it, you see)
Opera 10 on the desktop and mobile are giving my n00b web development skills headaches, since it is the only browser left that won't render my website properly

23 November 2009, 5:43 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

todd_h86 (Cornerstone member):

I hate IE on the mobile but I hate opera on the Pc..... come on Firefox Windows Mobile!!!!!

23 November 2009, 6:01 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tin (Senior Forumologist):

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fennec/1.0a3-wm/releasenotes/

It's not a release version, but it seems to run. I've not really tried it out as a proper browser though. Oh, and reboot after installing or it'll start and run slow.

23 November 2009, 9:51 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

todd_h86 (Cornerstone member):

Will definately check that one out! Cannot stand IE mobile, esp after using safari on my iPhone!

23 November 2009, 10:45 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

apt.pupil (Advanced member):

fennec is buggy too.

i am finding issues in which it crashes on loading some websites

24 November 2009, 1:23 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tin (Senior Forumologist):

I'm finding it a bit chuggy on my phone. But hey - It's Alpha 3 of an as yet unreleased program, where Opera is up to a beta of version 10, and IE is at version who knows what.

24 November 2009, 1:36 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Ausman (Regular user):

Opera 10 looks good. More people should give it a try at least. They seems to lead the way with introducing innovations in internet browsers.

26 November 2009, 12:25 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Kamal Husain (New user):

I absolutely admire the Opera 10 internet browser from Opera Software Inc. I firmly believe the Vikings have finally cracked open a genie out of the bottle.

The Opera 10 internet browsers is so well thought and designed very beautifully so that even a beginner can have a crack at and have so much fun. After all it is a mobile browser design for the well connected mobile community from around the world.

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10 December 2009, 10:27 PM (3 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

pageidea (New user):

I am running Opera mini browser for mobile device in my Nokia N900 mobile phone. I absolutely think it’s a fantastic browser for Mobile Internet Devices (MID). I reset the browser from the default Firefox mobile internet browser.

Now that the European Union (EU) has forced Microsoft to provide alternative browser with Windows OS to it European customer, I can see it will be an advantage for Opera to move in aggressively to the Desktop devices.

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28 February 2010, 6:00 AM (2 weeks ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

pageidea (New user):

I am running Opera mini browser for mobile device in my Nokia N900 mobile phone. I absolutely think it’s a fantastic browser for Mobile Internet Devices (MID). I reset the browser from the default Firefox mobile internet browser.

Now that the European Union (EU) has forced Microsoft to provide alternative browser with Windows OS to it European customer, I can see it will be an advantage for Opera to move in aggressively to the Desktop devices.

Source:
contract-mobile-phones.org provide comprehensive reviews and feedback from all the major Mobiles, such as Nokia, Apple iPhone and Blackberry (RIM)


28 February 2010, 6:07 AM (2 weeks ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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