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Opera Mini 5.1 released today!

By Marian Hmarianh. Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:39:06 AM

The Opera Mini team has hit a new milestone - we now officially support more than 3000 different devices! yes

With this milestone comes some even more exciting news - Opera Mini 5.1 for Java phones is here, an update to breathe new life in to low memory and small screen phones!

This update gives a new skin to devices with low resolution screens, and Nokia series 40 phones with low memory. For these devices, the new skin improves memory usage and usability, reducing the frequency of "out of memory" issues encountered.

Who should download this update?
If your phone's screen resolution is less than 200 pixels in either direction, or if you have a Nokia Series 40 phone with low memory (around 4MB or less), then you will receive the new skin. Opera Mini automatically selects the skin that's right for you!

We've also added a keypad shortcut to switch to and from Mobile view (*0).

The update is not critical for Opera Mini users on Blackberries, smartphones or high end devices.

As always, we welcome your feedback here in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini team

Server Upgrade to 4.19.752Opera Mini 5.1 for Android is here!

Comments

walterbugscout Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:21:49 AM

pirate

Aux Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:22:57 AM

I want Opera Mobile for Android... Mini is not good for hi-end hi-dpi devices...

HyaeneLeipzigTinoSLE Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:29:50 AM

yes

jkforde Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:37:03 AM

Hi, I really appreciate the work on OM5.1. I still use 4.2 (just works better on my trusty E51), is there any further development scheduled for 4.2? (apart from useful server upgrades) Thanks!

selurus Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:37:25 AM

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theoddbod Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:05:02 AM

Are you never going to fix the interface flaw whereby using full-screen edit means you can't use any search except the default? irked

theoddbod Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:12:03 AM

Accessing desktop bookmarks like in 4.2 would be nice too *sighs* And of course bringing back *0 to load feeds...

Kristian von Streng Hæhrevonstring Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:15:56 AM

IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAND!!!

sirnh1 Thursday, July 8, 2010 9:47:24 AM

Woohoo, up untill now I was using opera mini 4.2, I'll now try opera mini 5 again now.

Originally posted by theoddbod:

Are you never going to fix the interface flaw whereby using full-screen edit means you can't use any search except the default?


Originally posted by theoddbod:

Accessing desktop bookmarks like in 4.2 would be nice too *sighs* And of course bringing back *0 to load feeds...


Agreed, I really mis those 'features'. Any chance we can get them back?

Taofeek OsobaTaofeek79 Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:01:38 AM

Thank so mush we are real happy about NEW development.

dupel Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:42:19 AM

Originally posted by Aux:

I want Opera Mobile for Android... Mini is not good for hi-end hi-dpi devices...



Agreed. Jit, Caracan, Vega and HW FTW!

I'm sure Opera 11 is in the works with most likely all of these functions, and probably is shedulled to come out around opera 11 desktop (which I'd guess is around september-october).

Lets cross our fingers!

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:58:06 AM

Are you never going to fix the interface flaw whereby using
full-screen edit means you can't use any search except the
default?



This.

Dmitrykdavrn Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:51:14 AM

Good news!!!

z@h3kZAHEK Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:59:39 AM

Ronald Klopronaldklop Thursday, July 8, 2010 12:03:47 PM

Yep, *0 for feeds was pretty easy, never understood why that changed, because mini 5 didn't use *0 for anything anymore.

HermanGdpmam Thursday, July 8, 2010 12:33:14 PM

am using it for this post. Strange that I can't add any search field, like in 4.2.

Sami Serolaserola Thursday, July 8, 2010 2:04:04 PM

Excellent news up Thank you very much OM developers smile

Mohamd Hijazhijazm Thursday, July 8, 2010 2:13:00 PM

Opera mini 5.1 for low memory devices is far behind the performance of opera mini 4.2. I still love OM 4.2. OM 5.1 sucks with my nokia 3120 C. Please update 4.2 with copy paste feature.

Rakien Thursday, July 8, 2010 3:07:35 PM

So a 'silent' update is an update which doesn't fix much but then a major update is an update made for only a set of devices? Lame.

prd3 Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:53:15 PM

Originally posted by Rakien:

So a 'silent' update is an update which doesn't fix much but then a major update is an update made for only a set of devices? Lame.


No, what's lame is the drunken troll who doesn't understand that a x.1 update is not a "major update".

What's lame is not understanding that there's nothing wrong with a version aimed at specific devices.

Go troll somewhere else willya.

Greg Smithgregsmithsays Thursday, July 8, 2010 6:04:40 PM

Opera Mini 5.1 doesn't match 4.2 on my Nokia 6234 Please NEVER drop 4.2 and merely add copy/paste (tabs maybe although tabs on a phone is often unnecessary)

ZBARTA GABRIELSAGRID Thursday, July 8, 2010 6:27:49 PM

@Rakien
Well, this update is 'silent' and must fix everything because is the last beta for j2me platform so you are close, very close smile)

Sami Serolaserola Thursday, July 8, 2010 6:41:32 PM

Originally posted by Gdpmam:

Strange that I can't add any search field, like in 4.2.


Herman, try the 'long press' trick on Web page where you see the search field. In other words, click and hold till the context menu and options to save custom search appears.

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, July 8, 2010 6:50:02 PM

This isn't a silent update, this isn't a beta and it's not the last Opera Mini for java either. Please don't spread misinformation.

Hoborgoperaton Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:41:04 PM

YEAH up

darkcg Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:18:53 PM

Nice update, but I would like to see some love for Opera Mobile on Windows Mobile, expecially on the feature side. With Opera Mobile we cannot even change a theme. p

CharlieBAMAToNE Friday, July 9, 2010 2:37:48 AM

Originally posted by theoddbod:

Accessing desktop bookmarks like in 4.2 would be nice too *sighs*

I thought I was just going crazy when I couldn't access my desktop bookmarks the other day. This was actually removed on purpose? It's like Opera Mini is actually going backwards in development, especially on Android.

HermanGdpmam Friday, July 9, 2010 5:11:05 AM

Thanks a lot Sami. It works.

Sami Serolaserola Friday, July 9, 2010 5:32:30 AM

You are welcome Herman up And same long press works on many other things as well, like changing the speed dials, switching to full screen edit from inline edit, and for select/copy/paste. Oh, and long press on link to open it on new tab wink

Curva Sudom5hater Friday, July 9, 2010 7:39:48 AM

still crashed on my 3120classic..zzz

prd3 Friday, July 9, 2010 10:48:16 AM

Originally posted by gregsmithsays:

Opera Mini 5.1 doesn't match 4.2 on my Nokia 6234 Please NEVER drop 4.2 and merely add copy/paste (tabs maybe although tabs on a phone is often unnecessary)


LOL, 4.2 is dead. Accept it, and move on.

Opera Mini 5.1 is so much better than 4.2 it's ridiculous.

VSB Friday, July 9, 2010 11:36:53 AM

Let's Holywar begin
Opera mini 5.1 interface is ugly and heavy insted of compact and simple menu in 4.2.

Also, there was very usefull context menu in 4.2, but where it's now??

vijay VIJAYRAI88 Friday, July 9, 2010 2:07:40 PM

Let's Holywar begin
Opera mini 5.1 interface is ugly and heavy insted of compact and simple menu in 4.2.

Also, there was very usefull context menu in 4.2, but where it's now??
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الفقير محمد عمران رشدى ERROESYADIE Friday, July 9, 2010 3:31:40 PM

verygud dude...............

barano Friday, July 9, 2010 4:31:58 PM

I like 5.1 so far, it's very nice. True, I'm not fond of the interface but I usually use it full screen which is a lot better. However, my phone (Nokia 6700) has no tilt sensor and I really, really miss the landscape mode. Would it be possible to put it back into Opera Mini?

Tmelon Friday, July 9, 2010 6:58:47 PM

Opera Mini is still impossible to use on a BlackBerry with a trackpad. The sensitivity is ridiculous.

Cutting Spoonhellspork Friday, July 9, 2010 7:03:50 PM

Disambiguation time!

Phone Tested: Sanyo SCP 3800 (Katana LX)
http://www.phonenews.com/phones/index.php/Sanyo_SCP-3800_Katana_LX
http://www.mobilemultimedia.be/en/specifications/Sanyo-SCP3800-3279.html

This device has only a few megabytes of memory, slow CPU and 120x160 screen.

5.1 is nearly twice as fast as 5.0, roughly as fast as 3. (4.x does not work on this device, network detection issue) I have had no real reason to use fullscreen edit, no idea whether there are any bugs with it.

1) Feeds work fine as a speeddial entry. Put feed://list in a speeddial slot, or visit feeds from Bookmarks, copy/paste URL into a speedial slot. Works great.
2) Link still works great, but now there is an Opera Mini folder in your desktop/MyOpera Link panels. Copy anything you want on your phone into that folder.
3) Holding down the select button opens a nice context menu
4) *0 now switches between Full and Mobile Views.
5) *# now switches between Landscape and Portait Views.
6) ** now switches between Fullscreen and Normal Views.
7) *UP creates a new tab, *DOWN closes a tab.
8) *LEFT and *RIGHT move between tabs without opening menu.

If Mini 4 had tabs and advanced copy/paste/search, it would not be any faster or lighter than Mini 5. That is the cost of adding features. Even on a moderately weak phone like the Katana LX, Mini 5.1 is a pleasure to use and big improvement over Mini 5.0, many thanks to the devs!

sremick Saturday, July 10, 2010 2:55:32 AM

Originally posted by prd3:

LOL, 4.2 is dead. Accept it, and move on.

Opera Mini 5.1 is so much better than 4.2 it's ridiculous.



Um, not on my Blackberry Curve it isn't. OM5 runs like molasses to the point of being unusable, and is full of issues. OM4 runs perfectly.

Would I love "tabs" and an enhanced interface? Sure, but not at the sacrifice of basic functionality and a 10X performance drop. No thanks.

I'm a big Opera Mini fan and have been since before OM3. I'm just not an OM5 fan.

Aryancs9aryan9 Saturday, July 10, 2010 12:12:52 PM

operamini5 shows only mobile view.cant shows desktop view in facebook and orkut websites.some time jumped out from operamini5. Sorry for saying that

landroni Saturday, July 10, 2010 12:51:00 PM

"We've also added a keypad shortcut to switch to and from Mobile view (*0)."

Worst shortcut ever! Why not assign Feeds to "*0" (which is a sort of bookmark) and Mobile view to "1" c-menu, as in good old Opera Mini 4?

Jorjyjorjy27 Saturday, July 10, 2010 5:56:45 PM

Still no difference between OM 5 & OM 5.1 on my LG U400. My current 4.2 very much stable. If possible then pls add copy paste option in opera mini 4.2 next time.

Soumitrasoumitram4u Saturday, July 10, 2010 9:43:03 PM

up

Kobzar2Web Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:57:29 AM

If there are some millions of OperaMini End-Users: maybe more correct "3,000 phone MODELs (of [number] of brands)"
instead:
"3[,]000 phones",
insn't that
?!.
What about a
"FORMal Logics"?..
§

الفقير محمد عمران رشدى ERROESYADIE Sunday, July 11, 2010 5:35:41 PM

why it so difficult for using "Syncronizing"??????????????

Cutting Spoonhellspork Monday, July 12, 2010 1:00:30 AM

NOT difficult. At least not for me. Copy the links you need into the Opera Mini folder to make them appear in ver5 or later.

prd3 Monday, July 12, 2010 10:29:44 AM

Originally posted by VSB:

Opera mini 5.1 interface is ugly and heavy insted of compact and simple menu in 4.2.


Nope, Opera Mini 5 looks much better than version 4. Fail.

prd3 Monday, July 12, 2010 10:30:39 AM

Originally posted by sremick:

Um, not on my Blackberry Curve it isn't.


Your fault for having a sucky phone then.

Dark FurieFurie Monday, July 12, 2010 10:48:30 AM

Hey PRD3, this is a place to converse about the new optimised version of Opera Mini specially made for lower memory phones. It's not a place to slag off other people's devices and blindly ignore others opinions while inciting arguments. If you can't play nicely with the other kids your account will be put on a permanent time-out.

dnarud Monday, July 12, 2010 2:48:48 PM

This kind of seems more like bad news for me. I had been looking forward to 5.1 for months hoping that they would finally make it usable on newer Blackberrys with trackpads. Now instead of a fix, we get an announcement that there are 3000 other devices that are a higher priority for them. That's not exactly great news for BB users that were fans of Opera Mini.

Cutting Spoonhellspork Monday, July 12, 2010 5:34:09 PM

My friend uses Mini 5 on his trackball-based Blackberry, he thinks it works just fine. Perhaps it varies by specific model?

As for those who want a keyboard shortcut for feeds, putting the feed://list link into a speeddial slot will allow you to use that dial number to open your feeds. (slot #1 = *1, slot #5 = *5, just like that)

** goes fullscreen, hiding the "heavy" menu
*0 is used for desktop/mobile switch because previous versions didn't have one. Same as the 5 key is used for zooming in desktop mode.

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