Thoughts On The BlackBerry Bold
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... browser to be better, that may open up some privacy concerns because it uses a remote server to pre-process the pages. I think RIM needs to go back to the drawing board with their browser, or just bite the bullet and license Opera Mobile already. While this is definitely a productivity-first device, there are ample multimedia functions. The features are pretty good but they do lag behind some of the competitors. There's a Roxio Easy Media Creator as well as the ...

20+ Top Free Windows Mobile Applications
Mashable! — ... Fring - Fring brings their instant messaging services to more than just the iPhone and iPod Touch with a Windows Mobile version.  Allows you to instant message with AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, SIP, Skype, Twitter and Yahoo. Opera Mobile - The popular Opera browser comes to the mobile format with a full set of features. Slick - Allows you to instant message with AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo. Also has text messaging, emoticons, message history and more. TwitToday - A plugin for your Today screen that ...

Top 20 aplicaciones gratis para Windows Mobile
Celularis — ... esos móviles pero no nos olvidemos de la gente que cuenta con un celular con Windows Mobile. Pensando en esos usuarios, la gente de Mashable realizó este top 20 con las mejores aplicaciones gratis para Windows Mobile. Juegos: Death Drive Kevtris Pocket Heroes Realms Herramientas de Internet: Fring Opera Mobile Slick TwitToday Web ...

Hacked Internet Explorer Mobile 6 runs on existing cellphones
Download Squad — ... In the meantime, if you have a Touch HD and you're looking for a browser capable of full desktop views and the same rendering engine used in Internet Explorer 6, you might want to give the potentially warranty-voiding ROM a try. If you're less adventerous you might want to settle for Opera Mobile, which is entirely legal and has the added benefit of supporting tabbed browsing. ...

Custom ROM runs Internet Explorer Mobile 6 on existing cellphones
D' Technology Weblog — ... If you’re concerned of voiding-warranty, you can try Opera Mobile, , which is entirely legal and has the added benefit of supporting tabbed browsing. ...

New Firefox 'Fennec' Alpha Arrives as Mobile Browser Wars Heat Up
Wired: Epicenter — ... , native to Windows-powered smartphones and Opera Mobile, a commercial product the Norwegian software maker sells for about $26. Opera also makes the free Opera Mini browser which works on a wider variety of phones. The dark horse approaching quickly is Google's ...

Highest-res mobile phone screen in HTC Touch HD
APC - Tagged Articles - Apple — ... is only slightly larger than the 3.5 inch panel of the iPhone but pumps out the pixels in 800 x 480 WVGA (Wide VGA) mode. Compared to the iPhone’s 480 × 320 Half VGA screen, that’s like jumping from standard definition TV to hi-def – hence the Touch’s HD moniker. That eye-popping panel will of course bring videos to life, while the 800 pixel picture width should be a boon for mobile Web browsing – a task for which we’re hoping HTC will continue to offer a choice between Opera Mobile and Internet Explorer, which is a mandatory inclusion with the Touch HD’s ...

Dealzmodo Hack: Revitalize Your Windows Mobile Phone [Dealzmodo Hacks]
Gizmodo — ... There's also Opera Mobile, a native app with a few more advanced features, which has recently shifted its emphasis to a relatively narrow set of touchscreen devices (mostly from HTC and Samsung), on which it performs as a reasonable counterpart to Safari Mobile or Chrome Mobile. It's free when it's in beta, but will cost you for long term use. Both browsers route content through Opera's servers for optimization and compression, which can occasionally break formatting. ...

Firefox Mobile pre-Alpha released [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... Opera Mobile is still my Windows Mobile browser of choice, it simply rocks on the HTC Advantage. I am also currently testing another browser under NDA that I’ll be able to talk about soon. ...

Mobile Browser Wars
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , Feb 11, 2009 02:00 PM [image] Well, maybe just browser skirmishes. Certainly nothing like the browser wars on the desktop when Netscape and Microsoft duked it out for supremacy in the late 1990's. There are a surprising number of third party browsers for mobile devices. Opera has the Opera Mobile browser for Windows Mobile and UIQ. This is a full blown browser that installs on your device and renders the content locally, attempting to compensate for the devices small screen and limited capabilities when compared to a PC. Opera also has ...

What Went Wrong with Fennec?
ReadWriteWeb — ... In addition to relative newcomer Skyfire, some of the most popular browsers for the mobile web comes from Opera, whose mobile software is currently installed on millions of devices worldwide.  ...

Comparing the IPAQ hw6900 Mobile Messenger and the IPAQ 900 Business Messenger
Mobility Site — ... Internet Explorer Mobile     Zoom Support Zoom in on a web page to view small text or images Opera Mobile Page Overview View entire web page at one time ...

Opera Planning Deals with US Wireless Carriers?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... US carriers could be a huge boost for the company, and a big step forward for them in the ‘mobile browser wars’ in North America. Having Opera software preloaded on devices will give consumers no excuse not to try out the browser. More choice, more browsers… let the competition heat up. We could hear more about this come CTIA time, as apparently Opera is working on plans to announce the carrier deals at that time. If you want to learn more about Opera Mobile, check out the official site. [Via: BGR] Related ...

Opera Mobile 9.7 Getting Turbo-charged [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... I think Opera Mobile is the best mobile browser for my HTC Advantage as it gives me a very desktop-like browsing experience. I’m using an older version (8.65) as it works well and is the current “stable” version for Windows Mobile. The folks at Opera have been working hot and heavy on a new version that is going to be announced at the CTIA next week. ...

Opera Mini 9.7 boasts many improvements, Flash support confirmed
Download Squad — Filed under: Internet, Beta, Browsers, MobileAccording to a post on Webware this morning, the upcoming 9.7 version of Opera Mobile - their browser for handheld devices - will boast some exciting new features. Key among them will be the addition of the same Presto javascript engine that powers Opera 10 on the desktop, Opera Turbo to conserve bandwidth and boost speed on slower connections, Google Gears support, and out-of-browser widgets via a new manager application. Opera's Ted Miller also confirmed to me that ...

Opera becoming the de facto browser everywhere you don't expect the Internet
Betanews — ... was found to be faulty. But with around 17 million iPhones shipped versus the over 120 million Opera Mobile devices shipped, this could signify that either the numbers are wrong, or being on more devices isn't necessarily as good as being on the right devices. And when it is on the "right" devices, Opera is competing against the same giants it competes with on the desktop, and thusly falls back into its place in line.

Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone [Dealzmodo Hack]
Gizmodo — ... a new browser Oddly enough, lots of Symbian phones actually ship with not-so-bad browsers, like S60's, which is based on WebKit just like Mobile Safari and Mobile Chrome. Unfortunately, most of these phones also ship without touchscreens, and depend on a clunky d-pad navigation system. This makes panning around fully-rendered pages a bit of a pain—a problem not helped by the browser's often slow performance. Luckily, there are plenty of alternatives. Opera Mobile/Mini: Opera has made an appearance in every last one of my smartphone revival ...

What’s In Your Bag, Scott Blitstein? [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... keeps me connected to my friends there. I don’t do much browsing on it but I do recommend the upgrade to Opera Mobile, which I prefer over ...

Opera Turns 15, Claims Title of World’s Oldest Web Browser
Technologizer — ... Anyhow, Opera is one of a handful of popular Internet apps of the mid-1990s that’s still with us, still evolving, and still doing interesting things–especially on alternative devices such as phones and ...

Skyfire mobile browser released for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones
APC - Tagged Articles - Apple — ... ), you might want to put Skyfire through its paces. [image] Sure, you’ve also got the option of Opera Mobile – and that one’s a fine browser by any standard – but the new browser on the block is worth a trot to try out features such as support for Flash 10 (so you have full access to YouTube), Javascript and AJAX, so you get compatibility with sites such as Gmail and Facebook. Microsoft’s Silverlight 2.0 standard is also on the checklist. Skyfire uses server-side compression (similar to how the BlackBerry handles email and most other Internet traffic) for exceptionally fast ...

Opera Releases 10.00 Beta With Spiffy New Features
OStatic blogs — ... out the door. Version 10.00 Beta 1 of Opera was released last week with a bunch of nifty new features, upgrades, and performance improvements. Though Opera is most notable for its snappy mobile browser, its new desktop version is nothing to sneeze at. ...

Opera Releases 10.00 Beta With Spiffy New Features [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... out the door. Version 10.00 Beta 1 of Opera was released last week with a bunch of nifty new features, upgrades, and performance improvements. Though Opera is most notable for its snappy mobile browser, its new desktop version is nothing to sneeze at. ...

SkyFire Mobile Browser: After the Install
Mobility Site — ... in the background. My Tilt, on the other hand, would just display the “Out of Memory” error and force me to close programs and/or tabs. So back to SkyFire 1.0 I went, and with a 679 KB CAB file versus Opera Mobile’s 4.65 MB file, SkyFire seems to be an ideal fit for any solid Windows Mobile or Symbian smartphone that’s showing its age but still has several good years left. Download SkyFire 1.0 at: http://get.skyfire.com/ Download Opera Mobile 9.7 at: http://www.opera.com/mobile/   ...

Android Version of Opera Mobile on the Way
AndroidGuys — ... Browser alternative Opera Mobile has been well received by Windows Mobile and Symbian users for quite some time now. Although it hasn’t been released for Android just yet, ...

Android Version of Opera Mobile on the Way
AndroidGuys — ... Browser alternative Opera Mobile has been well received by Windows Mobile and Symbian users for quite some time now. Although it hasn’t been released for Android just yet, ...

Android to get Opera Mobile
jkOnTheRun — ... Opera Mobile is a nice mobile web browser, easily one of the best browsers on the Windows Mobile platform. That platform and Symbian have been the only ones to benefit from Opera Mobile, but that might change soon. The Opera people have stated that they will be bringing Opera Mobile to the Android platform. ...

Opera Mobile Browser Coming to Android [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... , the Opera Mobile browser is coming soon to the Android platform. While Opera Mini is available for Android now, Opera Mobile is considered one of the best browsers on the Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. It's known for being very lightweight and fast, and it can run Flash, for watching YouTube videos and the like. There isn't yet any release date for a version for Android, but it should arrive soon. ...

Opera Mobile Browser Coming to Android
OStatic blogs — ... , the Opera Mobile browser is coming soon to the Android platform. While Opera Mini is available for Android now, Opera Mobile is considered one of the best browsers on the Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. It's known for being very lightweight and fast, and it can run Flash, for watching YouTube videos and the like. There isn't yet any release date for a version for Android, but it should arrive soon. ...

Opera confirms that they’re going to launch Opera Mobile for Android
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... , that they’re going to launch a version of Opera Mobile specifically for Android. Now I know what you’re thinking, isn’t the browser inside Android devices already the most advanced browser on the market? True as that may be, Opera Mobile has a feature known as Turbo which is a key differentiator and may have many people switching. It utilizes a client server solution to compress websites, which in turn increases rendering speed and battery life. No details were given with regards to timeline. While there is no version of Opera Mobile for the Symbian platform ...

Skyfire browser updates for WinMo, Nokia phones
Webware.com — ... A chief rival to Opera Mobile in the cell phone browser space, Skyfire has released a new version for Windows Mobile and Nokia's Symbian-run E or N series phones. Version 1.1 makes some minor, but still welcome, improvements to navigation and performance. My favorite is that you'll now be able to punch the '2' and '8' key on keypad- or keyboard-equipped phones to navigate up and down. Pressing the asterisk (*) will jump you to the joint address/search bar. Of course, this may not work identically on phones with nonstandard keypad arrangements. Web ...

Opera Mobile 10 Beta For Nokia And Other Symbian/S60 Smartphones Released
TechCrunch — It’s been about two months since Opera introduced the non-beta version of its Opera 10 desktop browser, and today the Norwegian software developer is following up on that release with that of the latest beta build of Opera Mobile, a custom browser specifically built to give Symbian and Windows Mobile equipped handset users a (much) more pleasant Web browsing experience. The company’s latest ‘State of the Mobile Web’ report, which was based on usage data from their other mobile browser product, the ...

Opera releases new beta build of Opera Mobile for Nokia, Symbian/S60 phones
MobileCrunch — It's been about two months since Opera introduced the non-beta version of its Opera 10 desktop browser, and today the Norwegian software developer is following up on that release with that of the latest beta build of Opera Mobile, a custom browser specifically built to give Symbian and Windows Mobile equipped handset users a (much) more pleasant Web browsing experience. The company's latest 'State of the Mobile Web' report, which was based on usage data from their other mobile browser product, the popular Opera Mini, ...

Opera Releases Version 10 of Mobile Browser for Nokia and S60/Symbian Phones
901am — The latest beta of Opera Mobile 10 for Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung mobile phones running on Symbian and S60 OS is now available for download. This latest version of the popular mobile web browser offers sleeker design similar to the previously released Opera Mini 5 beta for Java phones. Other new features include – speed dial, tabbed browsing, password manager, touchscreen optimized and keypad-style navigation. Opera also put a priority in the web browser’s performance, making it twice as fast as the previous version ...

Opera Mobile 10 Beta Now Available For Windows Mobile Phones, Too
TechCrunch — About two weeks after debuting the latest beta build of Opera Mobile for Nokia and other Symbian/S60 smartphones, Norwegian software maker Opera is bringing the latest beta version of its custom mobile browser application to Windows Mobile-powered devices. Microsoft’s operating system for mobiles is taking quite a hit lately, having lost one third of its smartphone market share since 2008 according to research firm Gartner. But Microsoft still holds about 8% market share in the segment and it is currently prepping the 2010 ...

Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile Brings Turbo, Image Saves and More
jkOnTheRun — ... It is free! Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile is available as a free download at www.opera.com/mobile/ or m.opera.com/mobile/ (for phone download). ...

Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile available now
Unwired View — ... Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile is free and can be downloaded to your phone via m.opera.com/mobile, or here if you want to download it through your PC. ...

Opera Mobile 10 Hits Windows Mobile
TechWeb — ... browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian handsets. Skyfire has also garnered some attention because its mobile browser uses server-side compression to let users access and interact with sites built with Flash, Ajax, Silverlight, and other Web technologies. Opera Mobile 10 is available for free on Opera's Web site , and it's compatible with Windows Mobile handsets like the Touch Pro 2, Tilt 2, and others. The beta browser is also available on some Symbian handsets. Read InformationWeek's first-ever analysis of top CIOs in federal, state, and local government, and how they're ...

Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile Available
SolSie.com — ... on Windows Phones. Opera Software has just released a beta version of Opera Mobile 10 for WinMo. Similar to Skyfire, Opra Mobile features server-side compression technology that minimizes bandwidth and hardware requirements. The mobile browser is built with the Opera Turbo technology, which can compress Web traffic by up to 80% while still offering support for Web technologies like Ajax and Flash according to Opera. Feature highlights Opera Mobile 10 is available for free on Opera’s Web site , and it’s compatible with Windows Mobile handsets like the Touch Pro 2, Tilt 2, ...