Opera have released a beta version of Opera Mobile for S60 smartphones. Sporting the same user interface as the recently updated Opera Mini, Opera Mobile provides an alternative browser to that built into the majority of handsets, and first impressions on the beta are good. Highlights include an easy to navigate tabbed browsing experience, a number of thumbnails cropping up to aid navigation, and a lot of performance tweaks. Read on for more.
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Looks good, uses a nearly 25MBs of RAM on my N97 though. 2 not enough memory messages in 2 minutes.
I get the 'Out of Memory' messages on my 5800 as well. After closing Opera Mobile DeviceInfo shows about 25MB of free memory.
Using a beta... bugs come with the territory 😊 First impressions are positive, but I think I shall stick with Opera Mini for most of my browsing due to the memory issue.
There's no T9 on this so I'd still have to stick to the default browser for text heavy browsing like replying to forum comments. My only concern is, this beta from Opera took years to come, I wonder how long would they take to release an update.
certificate expired issue .. I'm so over these stupid certification issues ..
I feel your pain, Nokia people. I just went into about:config and changed ram and disk cache setting from funny 2-5MB to 8-16MB for (docs, figures, svg) bringing total ram cache to around 40MB. And I still have not had out of memory errors. 😊 Oops. I have Omnia HD i8910. Sorry folks.
I feel your pain, Nokia people. I just went into about:config and changed ram and disk cache setting from funny 2-5MB to 8-16MB for (docs, figures, svg) bringing total ram cache to around 40MB. And I still have not had out of memory errors. Oops. I have Omnia HD i8910. Sorry folks.
I own an N82. I haven't seen an out of memory either. Don't try to be smug like the i-boys, your phone is nothing more than a Nokia manufactured by a third party.
On another note, I just took it through the acid3 test. Here's what I found.
Well, I've had nothing BUT "Memory full" messages...but in the brief seconds in between it is fast! Alas, I doubt it'll ever play nice with my ageing N95.
No Predictive text, which is not that big of a deal, but I can not get the "=" sign nor the select symbol screen. I do like the start page, very Safari, and I also love the Taps. Brilliant!
It looks like so powerful,But unfortunately,it didn't support the Chinese Language,when I browsed the Chinese website,it cannot display,only show the 口口,faint......
Ur Mom wrote:No Predictive text, which is not that big of a deal, but I can not get the "=" sign nor the select symbol screen. I do like the start page, very Safari, and I also love the Taps. Brilliant!
Go into the settings menu and Advanced...turn off in-line editing for the phones built in text input.
@Cymbi .. It does tell you that Asian languages aren't supported .. (sure they will be .. )
I'd just like to be able to install the damn thing ..
Works perfect with my i8910! No more slowing down bugs! Love you Opera.
OK, I give in, i8910 HD owners.... enough of the RAM bragging! Stuart Clark and I have a feature on your beloved device in the works..... watch this space!
Nokia 5800, NO memory problems at all, and I live this browser. Incredible.
I guess most of us nokia users will have to stick to the mini.
Works fine on my N95 8GB, no memory problems. Most full-blown sites work perfectly!
Works fine on my 6710 Navigator. No memory issues whatsoever. Prefer the native browser though
(1) No T9 (at least for the search box)... But it's a native app - so why not?
(2) It doesn't detect the phone (N86 8MP) being being tilted from portrait to landscape... It has a landscape option in the preferences, but surely I don't need to change it manually - this isn't 2003 😉
Go into the settings menu and Advanced...turn off in-line editing for the phones built in text input.
Thanks Bosambo, T9 works!!!!! 😃
@ STEVE LITCHFIELD
I look forward to the article. Perhaps you can include a passage to the fact that there
really is nothing that takes advantage of the hardware!
slitchfield wrote:OK, I give in, i8910 HD owners.... enough of the RAM bragging! Stuart Clark and I have a feature on your beloved device in the works..... watch this space!
Looks great . Better grafics and lay-out than O.Mini . Not as fast , with Turbo on . The softkeys are just changed around on the inner screen . Press the "wrong" one e.g. Menu is indicated at the lower key , but press the UPPER ! etc.
When writing this post there is only a small interface , when inline editing is OFF . See attached screenshot . Here in the editing UI the softkeys are correctly functioning . Confusing !
The 2,4,5,6,8 - keys work well . The upload of the screenshot failed . Get the editing UI instead .
So used "Web" for the upload .....
😊 Regards jApi NL
In addition to the no T9 issue, using a bluetooth keyboard (SU-8W) doesn't work either Only the number keys work. That and auto-rotation are the only bugs I could find so far.
Other than that, I love it! No memory problems on my N82. Rendering is exactly the same as the desktop version, even supporting @font-face, and it zips away on pages where the default S60 browser chokes.
If it wasn't for the lack of T9, I'd replace the S60 browser shorcut for Opera on my standby screen.
-Nico
I hope this is an update to what I loaded to my 5800xm a few months back. I found that at times it locked up and the only recourse to get the program to shut down was to turn the phone off. I even tried letting it sit for 20 minutes and still nothing. I was able to still use my phone. I really like this and I will be wanting the full release when they tweek all the bugs out! It may be possible I had an Alpha release.
Doesn't work with my N86 😞
Ooooopsie and this is why you want adequate (even surplus) meomory and processor specs. Looks like the N97's inadequate hardware has been even more exposed only 4 months after release as a flagship. No ammount of magical memory mapping and optimisation is going to magic up more (proper) hardware. Given that many must have been bought on 2yr contracts how bad is this alledged flagship gonna look in even six months time, not a good �500.
...but after playing with it for a while I switched my homepage shortcut back to Opera Mini. It does everything I need, and it's faster!
Although Opera Mobile is clearly a more "advanced" browser, for my mobile needs, I don't really see what it adds...
Good app, worked well, no memory errors, but it killed my BBC iPlayer so I had to remove it. iPlayer is more important to me.
Works really well on my N96. No problems with portrait / landscape auto adjustment, T9 fine, no memory full issues (yet) and generally a reasonably nippy and well-thought-out browser.