Comments on: Opera Mobile For Android Coming At MWC

By: TJL

TJL — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:52:15 +0000

Matt totally has his head in his #ss. if opera is so horrible then why is it still the most used mobile browser. The only reason FF, and chrome have skyrocketed is because of the massive advertising google has done. And IE because it comes preinstalled on 95% of all computers sold. Opera has always been the most innovative browser. First to add web search to the title bar, first to make a speed dial, first to sync bookmarks, first to implement HTML5 and WEBM, First to build in email and RSS client. Not to mention Unite. I could keep going but its starting to drag on a little.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:03:39 +0000

I don’t care what others say. I’ve used countless browsers. PC and mobile. Opera is just plain horrible.

All Opera offers over the rest is security and that’s because almost no one uses Opera. It’s like 5th most used browser at less than 1%.

It’s not the most customizable. IE, Firefox and Chrome are more customizable than Opera.

It’s not fastest. Chrome is. And if images are on the web page … Firefox and IE are also faster.

Sorry fanboys and fangirls Opera will never ever be near the top. Hell they whined the most to get the browser ballot in Europe and it still isn’t chosen over the other 4 … sad.

Can’t wait till Firefox Mobile is released for Android. It will blow away Opera in mobile devices too.

By: marcin

marcin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:39:12 +0000

http://gizmodo.com/5423467/opera-mobile-browser-is-finally-coming-to-android

By: marcin

marcin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:34:21 +0000

I love opera mobile, i can have all the same bookmarks synchronized as on my pc which is great. i wish i could have the same on my hero.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:03:32 +0000

Opera is better than any other browser on any platform simply because of how it re-renders text when you zoom so it always fits on the screen. No need to pan around to read things

By: synaesthete

synaesthete — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:22:54 +0000

@Chrisrj28 Steel was just bought by Skyfire: http://bit.ly/aHGMnR

By: Aux

Aux — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:53:44 +0000

Opera rocks! I’ve used Opera Mobile both on WinMo and Symbian and for many years I’m using Opera Mini for reading news and to save traffic. There is no better browser!

By: asqwerth

asqwerth — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:29:16 +0000

Oh yes, I checked out the Opera Mobile videos, and the Opera Mini 5 beta UI is almost the same as the Mobile coming up soon. I’m not the one who used Mini 4 (never tried it), so I have no idea what the UI previously was; Mini 5 definitely is touchscreen-optimized.

By: asqwerth

asqwerth — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:24:52 +0000

@Max, sorry – didn’t notice your post until now.

If I recall correctly, I downloaded the Mini 5 beta to my PC from the website.

Then I copied it to my HTC Hero phone sd card. Use the main directory, ie, /sdcard

Use a file manager on your phone to get to the file, and press on it.

HTC Hero asks you if you want to open it with Java or with another program. Choose Java and it runs immediately.
But it drains your battery really fast, because the processor is working to run Opera thru Java.

By: Houston

Houston — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:06:04 +0000

I used Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 on my HTC Fuze/Touch Pro. Obviously, it was a drastic improvement over Internet Explorer (actually, no comparison). I also used the latest incarnation of Skyfire (when I still had the HTC Fuze) and found it also to be a capable browser. For a regular browser (user-side rendering), I would have to say that Opera Mobile is the best mobile browser I have used to date. Even on the substantially smaller screen (compared to my Nexus One), the inclusion of browser buttons on the bottom of the screen did not detract from the overall functionality. I personally miss those little buttons (back, stop, home, etc.) in the Android browser. If the guys at Google/Android could add that functionality into the Android browser, I would probably stick with the Android browser. From the speed side, I think the Android browser is as fast as Opera Mobile. I would, however, gladly welcome Opera Mobile onto my phone.

By: l3reak

l3reak — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:57:19 +0000

Freakin’ awesome. Mini just doesn’t cut it, it’s not much of a change from the stock browser. Between this & Fennec, the browser ecosystem on Android is gonna be fantastic. That’ll be a real shining example of the benefits of the freedom Android offers for apps over other platforms.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:41:38 +0000

@asqwerth : how’d you get opera 5 beta on android? did you use a java emulator?
I kind of like opera mini (4) on the droid as a back up, the gui is definitely not great as you’ve mentioned because it was ported. I’m surprised they haven’t ported opera mini 5 beta to android (as far as I know) because it’s supposed to be better for touch screens.
opera mini is nice because it allows file uploading whereas dolphin and the android browser disable it.
opera mobile was very clunky when I tried it on my WM5 moto Q, but maybe it will be better on android.
definitely anticipating Flash for android more than anything

By: Chrisrj28

Chrisrj28 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:14:16 +0000

I am currently using a Touch Pro 2 until I get another Android phone (lost my G1) and I really like Opera 10. Skyfire is great as well but Opera renders faster. This will be a nice addition to Android browser selection. Wonder what ever happened to steel though?

By: chris

chris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:34:03 +0000

So what current version works on android 2.0? And where can I get? Can’t wait til
This released

By: Jouten

Jouten — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:59:04 +0000

I can’t wait. I love Opera, even the java one. It is real kick butt on my Nokia phones as well. Dolphin and Steel seem ok, but even the ‘pinch zoom’ on Dolphin seems a bit weird, like the text ‘weirds out’ or something.