Opera Mobile which is considered as one of the top browsers available on mobile devices is now finally available on symbian devices. Though still in beta stage, Opera Mobile 10 looks very promising and has the potential of being the best browser on symbian platform.
While Opera Mini has been available for symbian devices since long, the mini was a java based version and not really designed to fully exploit the hardware and software capabilities of symbian devices. The beta version of the symbian application is noticeably faster than Opera Mini 5, the latest java based browser from Opera. Does the beta version of Opera Mobile 10 have what it takes to be the best browser? Hit on the jump button to find out.
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At first look the browser looks very similar to the Opera Mini 5 but the speed of browsing is leagues ahead of the former. Tabbed browsing, which we first saw in Opera Mini 5 has got better in Opera Mobile 10 with easier tab management functions. The speed-dial of the Opera desktop and Opera Mini 5 makes a reappearance in in Opera Mobile 10 as well. While we can go at great lengths explaining the different functions of the browser, we realise a demo video by Opera themselves should do more justice to the task:
What we like?
- Faster browsing speeds (Opera claims as much as 50% improvement over the previous version)
- Convenient tab management
- Password management
- Option of saving images
What we don’t like?
- Memory intensive (we got a memory full warning with only 2 apps running in the background, one of them being Opera Mini 10 beta)
- Missing flash support
- Different buttons for zooming in and zoom out
Verdict
Our friends at Opera have done it again! They have packed some of the most sought after features in their latest mobile browser. While flash support continues to elude mobile browsers from Opera, most of the features of the desktop version of Opera’s browser are now available on their mobile browser. While we did face memory issues, we are guessing these bugs will be fixed when the final version is released. Till then, you may want to get a hands on feel of this latest browser from opera.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Yea, the memory usage is something they need to do something about. I too get this memory error constantly, making the browser unusable.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
i wish it let you use the default keyboard, once the memory issues are fixed this will be awesome!
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I’ve already tried out opera mini 5 beta and there was a horrible probs in that, when you touched links on a page, they would just redirect back to the home page! :S let’s see how this one works out!
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
everything work perfect on my i8910, only can’t zoom by tapping
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Hmmm.. I really hope they fix the memory issue and most importantly..
Full flash support.
I’ll still be using my default 5800 browser for now.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I’ve tried it too and it’s really impressive ! But here in France it only works when connected by WiFi ! If I try to connect by GSM/UMTS it behaves as if I wasn’t connected to the Internet so I think it may use so ports that aren’t opened by my operator. If anyone has the solution for this problem it will be welcomed ! =)
@ Chris : Use Handy Taskman and close every application before launching Opera Mobile it will be slightly better ! If you want to use the default keyboard, go to the settings then check off the “inline editing” ! Then you will be able to use the default keyboard of the 5800 !!!
@ Cricket : Same problem both on Opera Mobile and Mini ! Hope this will be corrected in the final version, as well as the Opera icon that is really disgusting ! =)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I would stick with my Mobile Browser. It has got flash and Java script.
A big problem with Opera is that i cant access my local LAN Webservers.
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Hey this is cool, i would like to update you that live messenger is now out! new version for 5800 its awsome and its not china version!
Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Never open Opera mini5 after try mobile10b.
yes, it take more data usage than mini5b but it’s show the full and complete web experience. i can upload photo to my blog directly from 5800XM, i can log-in to many of web site that use flash log-in like BB community.
yeh…memory issue is the major problem (BETA)
love it!!
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I CANT LOGIN TO FACEBOOK WITH THE VERSION 5 BETA. lets see if this one works