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Opera Mobile goes Android!

By Aleksander AasAleksander. Tuesday, November 9, 2010 5:01:00 AM

As promised at the Up North Web conference, we present Opera Mobile for Android, the most requested application of the year! If you thought Opera Mini was sweet on your Android, it's time to go mobile--Opera Mobile!

This new version of Opera Mobile features old favorites such as Opera Turbo and Opera Link. It also introduces a brand new feature to Opera Mobile, pinch-to-zoom. Find the perfect level of zoom for your viewing pleasure without compromising speed or data compression while using Opera Turbo. You will be amazed at how sharp and easy to read the text is on all zoom levels.

Opera Mobile is, as always, free, and available to download from m.opera.com/next/ and the Android Marketplace!

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Tamil # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:16:52 AM

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Happy.gif -

Jakub Martonkubm # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:18:36 AM

great!

Swapnilrelaxboy14 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:22:34 AM

Rudradeep Biswasbkprud # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:27:06 AM

wow man!!! ...

ouzowtfouzoWTF # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:28:05 AM

on m.opera.com there is only opera mini available for me. motorola milestone here.

//edit: I loaded it now via QR-code

Pallab DeIndyan # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:30:24 AM

The sunspider benchmark scores are abnormally low. Any idea why is it so?

Edit: Found my answer. According to the ODIN post JIT support is not present in this release.

Morphdreamer # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:34:09 AM

irolaru # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:34:29 AM

hei, what's on? the webpage m.opera.com only contains Opera Mobile

ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:40:09 AM

Sunspider benchmarks very similar to the build in webkit browser on my HTC Legend. As this is a beta, there is clearly more room to move than the stock and device optimized browser.

Opera Mobile FEELS faster. I had a couple of FC back to the desktop without any errors, but again, its a beta.

Are there release notes, known issues?

KarenNerak # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:42:01 AM

w00h00!!!

Pallab DeIndyan # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:50:18 AM

Originally posted by irolaru:

hei, what's on? the webpage m.opera.com only contains Opera Mobile

Download it from http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.opera.browser

Pallab DeIndyan # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:51:53 AM

Originally posted by Mark:

Sunspider benchmarks very similar to the build in webkit browser on my HTC Legend.

My benchmark: http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/opera-mobile-android-review-benchmark.html

gopo2004 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 8:04:14 AM

PERFECT!!!! not working on desire 2.2:)))

BlueFalcon # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 8:12:40 AM

Cool

V Pkroopie # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 8:32:00 AM

Yep, it feels a bit unpolished still but soooooo much better and faster than the default browser on LG Optimus One / S / T (P500 / Froyo).

Good job Opera.

rocco # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 8:33:52 AM

Hmm, takes quite a bit amount of RAM when running, 88Mb on my samsung galaxy s, with froyo. That is with one tab, with www.aftonbladet.se loaded.

gabriele vidalisuoko # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 9:10:17 AM

does it support all Android releases ? at least starting from donut ?

Aleksandar Lekovprelud # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 9:23:42 AM

why is zoom level set to 160% by default?

LéazzBabyJay99 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 9:37:29 AM

: yes:

akaldev1 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 9:54:18 AM

yes yes yes mine is so good that i do all my input and output through it

ouzowtfouzoWTF # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 10:16:59 AM

Originally posted by prelud:

why is zoom level set to 160% by default?

Mine is set to 100%.

seebold # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 10:55:53 AM

I miss the option "delete cookies on exit".

techlawsam # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:39:24 AM

Anbjorn Grindheimanbjorn # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:41:34 AM

Long awaited! Unfortunately, on my HTC Hero (v2.1) it displays opening screen and then exits :-(

Mağruf ÇolakoğluZAHEK # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 12:07:08 PM

Thanks.

Scorpiuz # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 12:09:25 PM

No Flash support = fail

Skyfire has the lead sorry.

daniel westondanielwes # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 12:10:13 PM

It starts and crashes on my Galaxy Tablet - where can I find release notes? known bugs etc?

Tamil # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 12:21:17 PM

Originally posted by danielwes:

known bugs etc?

http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/opera-mobile-10-1-beta-for-android

Caroloperainchicago # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 12:46:16 PM

sticking with mini right now. Too many beta issues at the moment

TheSeeker11 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 12:52:21 PM

<Insert ungrateful 'Bug XYZ is still present' comment here>

Just kidding. Great work devs!

prd3 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 1:24:54 PM

Originally posted by Scorpiuz:

No Flash support = fail

Not reading the release notes = FAIL. It's a beta, remember?

Skyfire has the lead sorry.

Skyfire has the lead? LOL. Skyfire can't even manage to keep their servers up when they get a couple of more users. Also, it doesn't support Flash. It supports transcoded video on SOME sites.

Skyfire = spyware = Spyfire FAIL.

prd3 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 1:25:37 PM

Originally posted by kroopie:

Yep, it feels a bit unpolished

How, exactly?

ThomasSchokoleiche # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 1:47:58 PM

Crashes after Splashscreen HTC Hero 2.2

Mohammad Al-Amincorruptednirob # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 2:11:12 PM

Crashes after splashscreen!! why?!?! :'( LG GT540 2.1

Viki Panditmerlinvicki # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 2:49:38 PM

awesome!

asajulian # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:25:03 PM

Crashes after splash screen...Samsung Intercept, Android 2.1

André KolbAndreKolb # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 4:16:38 PM

d4rkn1ght # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 4:35:54 PM

Superrrrrdurt!Superdurt # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 4:52:47 PM

HTC Desire users; delete Opera mobile and re-install it again. Make sure you have enough disc space.

Worked for me!

other device user can try this also I asume...

Charles SchlossChas4 # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 5:02:12 PM

ДмитрийD3NMOH # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 5:50:11 PM

i5700, opera exit when starting!

ДмитрийD3NMOH # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 6:07:13 PM

Originally posted by Superdurt:

HTC Desire users; delete Opera mobile and re-install it again. Make sure you have enough disc space.

Worked for me!

other device user can try this also I asume...

YEAH!!!!
IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!

ThomasSchokoleiche # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:20:49 PM

Already did 5 times doesn't work

Al Garciaalgarcia # Tuesday, November 9, 2010 10:03:20 PM

There's some problem with fonts and tab management is sloppy, but i'm sure this will be fixed for the next beta version. For now, regardless of the bugs, I think it's still better than Android builtin browser. It's faster.
Samsung Galaxy Spica - Android 2.1

Cutting Spoonhellspork # Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6:38:33 AM

Rolling. Schveet.

Siam Sabbirjorjy27 # Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:03:15 AM

Skyfire = spyware =
Spyfire FAIL
ha ha ha well said. Too many bugs for the first beta release.
It seems android users will have to wait few more months to get a stable version. But i like the way Opera is covering all mobile phone platforms.

Iceberg Kryptos 2011icebergkryptos # Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:21:28 AM

Opera lacks of Flash and Java, needed for chatting. Mozilla Fenex for mobile devices does include them.
Iceberg Kryptos.

prd3 # Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:15:11 PM

Originally posted by icebergkryptos:

Opera lacks of Flash and Java, needed for chatting. Mozilla Fenex for mobile devices does include them.

No, Fennec does NOT support Java. Both Opera and Fennec support JAVASCRIPT.

Flash is not available because Opera Mobile is a BETA. Pay attention.

Gabrielagaby2300 # Friday, November 12, 2010 1:16:46 AM

It really is a Beta: pinch yo zoom is very buggy, sites take ages to load leading to crashes, Speed Dial doesn't work very well either. Mini is much faster and works much better. I'll try again as soon as Mobile becomes a stable version though!

Caroloperainchicago # Friday, November 12, 2010 5:50:08 PM

same here. love mini on my LG ally phone.

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