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difenbaker
12-29-2005, 04:50 AM
Opera Mini™ is a fast and easy alternative to Opera's mobile browser, allowing users to access the Web on mobile phones that would normally be incapable of running a Web browser. This includes the vast majority of today's WAP-enabled phones.

Instead of requiring the phone to process Web pages, it uses a remote server to pre-process the page before sending it to the phone. This makes Opera Mini™ perfect for phones with very low resources, or low bandwidth connections.

Opera Mini™ offers the same speed and usability as the renowned Opera mobile browser, and uses Opera's Small Screen Rendering™ technology to provide access to the Web. It has all the features expected of a browser, and more, such as bookmarks, browsing history, and ability to split large pages into smaller sections for faster browsing.

http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/operamini/


Just downloaded this to my phone awhile ago (Im using 1.1.2421)... yup, it's fast, faster than the symbian version of Opera I think.

It doesn't occupy a lot of memory too - only around 86kb, which I think is smaller than the sis version(?). When downloading - it automatically detects what phone you're using, and installs the best version your phone is suited for. (a friend of mine used his 6230, and got another version of mini). It also works well with EDGE, and is capable of working in 3G.


cheers!
brad
12-29-2005, 04:54 AM
I completely agree, I've been playing with it for a couple of months, since just before it got released with TV2, and it is pretty cool. The short cut keys (Shock! Page down!) are really handy.
carcomptoy
12-29-2005, 11:28 AM
Does it cost anything?
Box215
12-29-2005, 01:12 PM
it is indeed faster than the symbian version of opera. But i like to look at web pages as you see them on the comp, which you cant do with opera mini.
Wattman
12-29-2005, 02:34 PM
Does it cost anything?

It is free.

I use Opera as my web browser on my computer and I was so happy when I heard about Opera Mini.
carcomptoy
12-29-2005, 03:31 PM
I just downloaded it for my N-Gage and I've come to the conclusion that I wouldn't use it on a normal basis...I don't much like Java apps...more complicated than necessary. Well, not complicated...but more involved, you know what I mean?

Anyways...still a good app for those emergencies. I can't wait for the S60 3rd edition browser with MiniMap!:)
brad
12-29-2005, 04:39 PM
I probably wouldn't use it to replace a browser on a S60 device, but for non-smartphones this is a great little browser.
carcomptoy
12-29-2005, 09:13 PM
Definitely:)

I like that it's free and cross-platform:D
Box215
12-29-2005, 09:16 PM
Anyways...still a good app for those emergencies. I can't wait for the S60 3rd edition browser with MiniMap!:)

minimap? whats that?
carcomptoy
12-29-2005, 10:19 PM
agh I can't find a concise enough article...

so here: http://www.s60.com/browser
brad
12-29-2005, 11:50 PM
minimap? whats that?
For devices with higher resolution screens surfing full HTML pages (rather than WML WAP pages), it creates an overall zoomed out picture of the whole page, rather than just the small area that normal phone browsers show. This allows you to navigate to your area of intesest on the page without excessive scrolling.
Box215
12-30-2005, 12:35 AM
ooo, i knew about that. didnt know it was called minimap though. seen screen shots of the N80 doing it. thanks brad
carcomptoy
12-30-2005, 08:00 PM
AGH Opera Mini doesn't work on my Moto T725e...ironically it's the only one I have that has EDGE:cool:
hotzigetty
12-30-2005, 09:04 PM
how many phones DO u have??
difenbaker
12-31-2005, 01:52 AM
AGH Opera Mini doesn't work on my Moto T725e...ironically it's the only one I have that has EDGE:cool:

wait a sec... I thought motos dont have EDGE? Or maybe, they dont have edge on the newer models only? I remember someone saying something like that.. I just cant, for the life of me, remember what exactly.


cheers!
Box215
12-31-2005, 03:14 AM
yeah, its only the newer models. the edge chip moto decided to use was crap, but it was too late to go back and replace it.
carcomptoy
12-31-2005, 11:48 AM
So you're saying it's a hardware problem? Outside of Opera Mini I do fine on just regular WAP-surfing...
brad
12-31-2005, 06:41 PM
wait a sec... I thought motos dont have EDGE? Or maybe, they dont have edge on the newer models only? I remember someone saying something like that.. I just cant, for the life of me, remember what exactly.http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=1631
difenbaker
01-24-2006, 10:02 AM
Opera Mini launched worldwide
Jan 24 2006 - 09:00 AM

Opera Software today released its mass market mobile browser, Opera Mini. Until now the software was only available in Norway and other select European countries. Unlike Opera Mobile, Opera Mini is designed to be used on the vast majority of phones that ship in the US--any modern phone with Java. In the US that means if you have a handset from any national carrier besides Verizon Wireless, your phone is probably compatible (Verizon Wireless uses BREW instead of Java, no word yet if a BREW version of Opera Mobile is coming).

http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/images/opera-mini.png

Opera Mini uses a proxy server to reduce page size and complexity for a total savings of up to 80%. This not only helps out phones with slow data connections, it also lowers the application's memory requirements so it can work on more handsets. Thanks to an undisclosed monetary agreement with Google, Opera Mini's homepage defaults to the search leader.

The application is available for free from the company's website and can also be delivered via a premium SMS for $2.99. To download from your phone, point its WAP browser to http://mini.opera.com.




cheers!