We never thought we would live to see the day that Pocket IE was pushed aside hastily by some Windows Mobile users in favor of the
Opera browser. In the "fat lady sings" department that is in rumorland at the moment, the CEO of Opera has flat-out stated that some WM6 handsets will have the Opera browser pre-installed. Eek, say it isn't so! Until we can confirm this, we're on pins and needles along with every other
Opera-lovin' WM customer on the planet. How about specific devices? Those beans have no been spilled yet, although the Motorola Q was alluded to along with some unspecified HTC, Toshiba and Asus units. If you're still on PIE (Pocket IE) and have not downloaded Opera already (or some other browser), having that beauty pre-installed is next to foolproof for a better browsing experience for many of us. We're counting the seconds until confirmation of this rumor.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dingoboy @ Feb 16th 2007 6:53PM
This is definitely true. I saw Opera as the default browser on a WM6 device this week at 3GSM. The only problem is that with all the WM6 devices on display, I can't remember which one it was! Might have been the Motorola q9. I was thinking at first it was on an upgraded Dash but that can't be right, as Microsoft were using a Dash as their demo phone at the WM6 theatre in their booth.
Gerald.D @ Feb 17th 2007 6:10AM
The Toshiba G900 literature clearly states that it has Opera packed in (8.6 IIRC).
Gerald.D @ Feb 17th 2007 7:00AM
Here's the link (sorry - took ages to track down again!)
http://www.toshiba-europe.com/mobile/Mobile2Live.aspx?WCI=PageNavigate&WCE=&WCU=%3bLANG%3d1%3bPID%3d173%3bPNT%3d0%3bSEC%3d8%3bTYP%3d12#
Scroll down to the tables at the bottom.
xbit @ Feb 17th 2007 7:54AM
PIE is woefully out-dated compared to Opera and Nokia's Safari browser. It's no surprise that manufacturers are replacing it.