Weekly Browsers Recap, November 16th

• Jetpack 0.6 dishes up two major APIs for Firefox add-on coders
• Yes, A Beta Version Of Chrome For Mac Is Just Weeks Away
• Opera Mobile 10 beta for S60 phones, updated version available
• Opera Mini Server Upgrade to 4.14.938
• WebGL Musical Solar System
• Statistics: The world stands on its head
• The future of games is in your web browser
• Mastering Lynx (Open Source Text Browser) for Search Engine Optimization

Thanks to Nox for links.

Zii EGG Tested With Opera

Even though the Zii EGG is not yet launched, the development kit has been delivered to some testing hands, and it uses Opera as default web browser.

Opera is shown in video, starting from 4:44 and ending at 6:44.

Via engadget.com

Opera to Announce Deals with US Mobile Operators

Opera Software is polishing its mobile web browser strategy. While they are making deals with mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, HTC, Samsung and Sony Erickson to place their mobile web browser into various handsets, recently they started to skip them and partnership directly with the operators.

As a result, Opera will be announcing deals with US mobile operators at the CTIA Wireless in early April. While they refuse to tell with whom those deals will be made, Opera Software usually works with big operators only. And in the US, those are: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Spring Nextel and T-Mobile (European T-Mobile is already in the partnership with Opera).

If everything goes as planned, Opera will strengthen their positions in the US market as well as increase their revenues.

Weekly Browsers Recap, Feb 16th

• Outlook Live for IE, Firefox and Safari
• Foxmarks synchronizes IE, Safari, Firefox bookmarks
• Android exploit so dangerous, users warned to avoid phone’s web browser
• Why Google’s Software Update Tool Is Evil
• Firefox: 55 Add-Ons To Increase Your Security And Privacy
• 7 ways to optimize Firefox 3 for a better browsing experience on your netbook
• Firefox Mobile On HTC Touch Pro
• Mobile Browser Wars

Firefox Mobile Concept Video

More and more details are being revealed about the upcoming Firefox Mobile release. This time you have a unique opportunity to check Firefox Mobile concept video which was posted recently (watch it here).

For more details about Firefox Mobile, feel free to check Aza’s blog.

Opera Mini 4.1 Update Released (4.1.11355)

Opera Mini team just released a minor update for Opera Mini 4.1. They’ve reported that this release fixes BlackBerry and Palm related mobile phones issues. As for everyone else, you don’t have to update it, unless you want to.

Fixed Bugs: Read more

Opera Software Reveals “State of the Mobile Web” Data

This data includes Opera Mini Growth, Transcoded Pages, Consumed Data and other data. Shall we begin?

Opera Mini – the world’s most popular mobile web browser continues its tremendous growth. It’s almost reached 45 000 000 cumulative users per month. Take a look at this graph: Read more

Opera Mini 4.1 Almost Released

According to Per Thomas post in Opera Mini Blog, the new Opera Mini 4.1 will be released in next week.

As he said, team managed to do more than 150 various changes and bug fixes (since Beta) which is really an impressive number for such a small (but features rich) piece of software.

We are waiting…

Skyfire – Free Mobile Web Browser

Here’s a new app for you to try: Skyfire. It’s a free mobile web browser (currently works on Windows Mobile 5 and 6 only, Symbian support coming soon). As they’ve said in the demo video: “Skyfire is the only product that brings you the pc experience into your mobile phone”. And in case you thought about Opera Mobile… No, they haven’t included it on that video. If you are interested in it, feel free to sign up for Beta 2 (U.S. mobile phone number is required) or check more details here.

Mobile Web Browsers Compatibility Test

Just after Safari and Opera scored 100 in the Acid3 test, W3.org released its own. However, this is not the Acid, although it’s similar to it and tests 12 web technologies. This one will test mobile web browsers… Is this yet another race beginning?

W3.org tried to run it on Blazer 4.3.2.1, Opera Mini 4.1 Beta 1, PSP’s Netfront, Firefox 3 Beta 3, Internet Explorer 6 and “Android emulator webkit-based browser”. Read more

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