The Mini 5 beta browser carries over several features from the desktop version and from Opera Mobile, the offering for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones. These include features like tabbed browsing, searching for specific words in a page, and Speed Dial, the signature splash page you get when you open a new tab. Speed Dial displays nine thumbnail images that you hyperlink to your favorite sites. Other improvements include a Password Manager and the ability to type directly into a text field. Previously, you needed to type into an intermediate page.
Opera Mini 5 beta is missing certain elements from the stable version, including Opera Link, Opera's tool for syncing common content like Speed Dial customizations and bookmarks across all your Opera browsers (for instance, the desktop, laptop, and mobile phone). It also lacks the ability to create custom search engines, and skins. Most of these should return by the time Opera Mini 5 goes final, Opera says. The application may reveal more hiccups and omissions during its beta development, but so far we're impressed with the overhaul we see, especially in focusing the interface with Speed Dial, and in improving productivity with browser tabs and with the Password Manager.
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Operating system: Java, Android, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC 2000/2002, Windows Mobile 2003/Phone Edition/SE/5.x/6.x, BlackBerry OS 5.x, Symbian OS 6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/UIQ 2.x/3.x
Date added: March 16, 2010
Publisher's description
From Opera Software:Opera Mini allows you access to the full Internet on your Java-enabled mobile phone, including BlackBerry, Symbian or Windows Mobile. You can surf any Web site such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, and Hotmail on your phone just like you would on a desktop computer. Instead of requiring the phone to process Web pages, Opera Mini uses a remote server to pre-process the page before sending it to the phone. It is fast and completely free!
What's new in this version:
Key new features:
- Tabbed browsing
- A visual Speed Dial
- Opera Mini now remembers your passwords
- A new, easy to use interface, optimized for both touch and keypad phones
- A download manager
- Opera Link, to keep you synchronized
