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Opera Mobile 9.5: Coming soon, and probably worth the wait
It's been a few months since Opera announced the company was working on a version of Opera 9.5 for Windows Mobile devices. And while Opera has historically been kind enough to offer public beta versions of their commercial software for download, Opera Mobile 9.5 has been pretty elusive so far. But ZDNet's Matt Miller managed to get his hands on a Windows Mobile device with Opera 9.5 preloaded, and suffice it to say he's pretty impressed. Here are some of the highlights from his review:
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Smooth scrolling and panning with your finger (no stylus needed)
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Context-sensitive zooming
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Tabbed browsing (this has been available in every version of Opera Mobile that we're aware of)
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Save pages for offline viewing
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Quick page rendering
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Flash Lite 3 support
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Supports text selection, copy, and paste
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Password manager
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Save or send web images
There were some problems. Miller says he could open Google Docs spreadsheets for viewing, but not Word documents. This isn't surprising, since Opera's desktop browser has had compatibility issues with Google Docs and other Google services for a long time.
No word on when Opera will be ready to release Opera Mobile 9.5 for general use. It looks like you may be able to get purchase a phone with the software preinstalled in the not too distant future. But what we're really waiting for is the day when you can download the software and install it on any device. Opera Mobile 8.65 currently has a $24 price tag. We're assuming Opera 9.5 will eventually be available for $30 or less.
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Nathan said 5:26PM on 5-19-2008
I have been using the beta for a while now. It works great. there is only 1 thing I don't like about it. The "Smooth scrolling" works great, but they removed the scroll bars. so if you have a really long page and want to read the bottom. you have to keep flipping your finger to get there.
the flash support works great as well.(not youtube though)
didn't do so well on the acid tests, but that hasn't bothered me.
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AlicanC said 3:01AM on 5-20-2008
I hope BiNPDA wants this release as much as I do :D
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Dave Jeyes said 10:34AM on 5-20-2008
It's everything you ever wanted from a mobile browser. I have a full review and link where you can download the beta release here: http://theregoesdave.com/2008/04/15/opera-mobile-95-beta-putting-users-first/
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