Streamlined Opera Mini browser headed to BlackBerry and Treo
While Firefox is still basting in its 2.0 goodness, Opera is doing its own thang to amp up popularity. Besides being the browser-of-choice on Nintendo's forthcoming Wii, the tried and true Opera Mini browser is streamlining itself for use on BlackBerry and Treo handhelds. Unlike other browsers, this revamped version "downloads websites after they've been passed through Opera's servers, where they're compressed to download more quickly." Opera's technology -- while not substantially different in nature than renditions from Ascentive and Propel -- has been dubbed "Small Screen Rendering," and can even change the colors of backgrounds and text to improve visibility on mobile displays. The auto-compression features should trim download times and save on kilobyte usage (should you not already have an unlimited data plan), which can be particularly helpful for sites (unlike this one) that aren't tailored to fit your cellphone's display automatically. So, scurry on and hit the read link to give Opera's latest gig a try, cool?[Via Yahoo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kyle @ Oct 29th 2006 8:36AM
2 Questions: #1, Is there any way to scroll up fast and #2, is there any way to keep it from making sounds period?
Dewalt @ Oct 29th 2006 9:23AM
Opera rules. Firefox can't be made stable for nowadays
joar @ Oct 29th 2006 1:04PM
Not exactly hot news, I agree, but Opera Mini is such a nice browser that it really needs more publicity. Everyone should try this Java application, that two years in a row has won the "Golden mobile" award for best Mobile phone application!