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Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 Released

Vygantas Lipskas — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:21:34 +0000

Opera Software has just released the final versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 web browsers.

Both builds have gone through a lot of changes since previous release; received a major make over and new features, such as: wands, tabbed browsing, download manager and Opera link.

As for Opera Mini, team recommends running it on devices with a 320 x 240 or higher display resolution.

Key new features:
Tabbed browsing
A visual Speed Dial
Opera Mini now remembers your passwords
A new, easy to use interface, optimized for both touch and keypad phones
A download manager
Opera Link, to keep you synchronized

Key changes from beta 2:
Even more languages!
A Russian virtual keyboard for touch phones
Improved performance on low memory devices
Lots of little bug fixes

Known issues:
Opera Mini 5 is recommended for devices with a QVGA or higher display resolution (320 x 240).
Devices with low memory will struggle with tabbed browsing.

Download.

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Opera Mini 5 Beta for Android

Vygantas Lipskas — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000

Today Opera Software has released the very first beta of Opera Mini 5 web browser for Android platform.

Just like all the latest Opera Mobile/Mini versions, it is packed with fresh user interface that includes speed dial. Some of the other great features are: password manager and data synch (Opera Link).

You may download it via Opera.com as well as Android market.

Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for news tip.

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Opera Mobile 10 Beta 3 Flash Demo

Vygantas Lipskas — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:22:51 +0000

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Opera Mobile 10 for Android Video Demo

Vygantas Lipskas — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:22:16 +0000

Opera Mobile on Android

Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for link.

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Opera Mobile 10 Beta 3 Released

Vygantas Lipskas — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:33:50 +0000

The third beta of Opera Mobile 10 has been released by Opera Software, as company spent quite few months adding new features, polishing browser and fixing bugs. One of the new features for Windows Mobile users is experimental Flash support (Flashlite 3.1). Other improvements include:

S60
- Complete bookmark sync in Opera Link
- Support for non-latin characters in the UI also when phone is set to latin locale (requires international build)
- A lot of input and keyboard related fixes
- Fixed text selection
- Visual indication of input mode also for non-latin input modes
- General bug fixing (stability, UI)

Windows Mobile
- keypad/smartphone support
- Flash Lite 3.1 support (disabled by default)
- Complete bookmark sync in Opera Link
- BIDI support also for language extensions
- phone numbers in plain text are converted to links
- support for background sound
- general bug fixing (stability, UI)

There are also some known issues, as it’s only a beta release.

Download.

Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for news tip.

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How to Backup Opera Mobile 10 Bookmarks?

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:53:21 +0000

If, for one reason or another, you don’t use Opera Link, here is a simple way on how you can backup your Opera Mobile 10 bookmarks (Windows phones).

Go to:
Program Files\Opera Mobile 10\profile\datastorage\2\
or
Windows\profile\datastorage\2\

Search for all.dat file and copy it into a safe place.

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Weekly Browsers Recap, December 28th

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:32:12 +0000

Thanks to Nox for links.

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Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 Is Here

Vygantas Lipskas — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:35:29 +0000

Got to love Wednesdays and Thursdays. Usually, that’s when software vendors release new applications and various updates. One of such releases is Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 for both, Symbian/S60 and Windows Mobile handsets. Just like Opera Mini 5 Beta 2, this version also includes Opera Link and download manager. Also, some bug fixes and few other improvements.

Changelog

Windows Mobile and Symbian

Opera Link
Download manager
UI is more finger-friendly on touch devices
Possible to manage search engines
Opera remembers page position and zoom state when moving in history
Column snapping also on touch
Better memory management
Fix for mobile view crash
Start page available from touch menu
Lots of minor bug fixes
Clear cache setting

Windows Mobile only

Asks whether to set Opera as default browser on install
Fix for crash on startup (occurred on some devices due to encoding in bookmarks that were imported)
Shortcut support

There are also some known issues, be sure to check them.

Download.

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Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Windows Mobile Released

Vygantas Lipskas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:52:09 +0000

Few weeks after the Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Symbian availability, here comes Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile.

This release now includes a sexy browser UI from Opera Mini 5, with all the great features: new speed dial, visual tabs, etc. Also, it offers various performance, usability improvements, better touch screen navigation and more.

For download links and other details, visit the following page.

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Opera Mobile 10 Beta Arrives

Vygantas Lipskas — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:15:39 +0000

Today, Opera Software has revealed a new Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Symbian platform. One of the very first changes you’ll notice is a new home screen, which is almost identical to recently released Opera Mini 5.

In addition, it now also includes updated interface and visual tabs.

Opera also said, that this version downloads pages 50% faster than previous version for Symbian.

Visit Opera Mobile 10 Page.

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