Opera Mini - Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile is here!

Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile is here!

By Marian Hmarianh. Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:03:24 AM

The long-awaited Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Phone 6.5, Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 5, and Windows Mobile 2003 based handsets has finally arrived. We have worked days and nights to improve on every aspect of the browser. Some highlights include default browser functionality and support for more devices. A big thanks to all our users on Windows Mobile who have waited so patiently for this release.

What's new in Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile?

Ability to set Opera Mini as default browser on the device.
Support for g-sensor screen rotation on HTC and Samsung devices.
Support for predictive input if the device supports it natively.
Improved page layout on high-resolution screens.
Improved kinetic scrolling.
Alternative installer that works on Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC devices.
Text input works on many more devices.
A host of bug fixes in Opera Mini browser core for stability and rendering accuracy.

To download Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile handsets visit http://m.opera.com/ on your phone.

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

Regards,
The Opera Mini Team

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Comments

RamūnasRamunas # Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:53:50 AM

\o/

Sami Serolaserola # Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:56:18 AM

Morphdreamer # Thursday, September 9, 2010 7:34:09 AM

Text input works on many more devices.

Leonnaroademanyem # Thursday, September 9, 2010 8:06:04 AM

I love youu!! thanks a lot!

Dmitrykdavrn # Thursday, September 9, 2010 9:24:21 AM

Good news!!! I've just translate this news into Russian: http://kudryashovda.ru/content/vyshla-opera-mini-51-dlya-windows-mobile

z@h3kZAHEK # Thursday, September 9, 2010 9:42:17 AM

Uzi.SuicidePachink0 # Thursday, September 9, 2010 11:38:56 AM

Anybody home??

adrianiss # Thursday, September 9, 2010 12:12:11 PM

Great! Smooth scrolling is nice.
But there are some problems:
1. sometimes menu it's slow, there was also one freeze on my HTC Diamond 2 that only hardreset solved
2. www.engadget.com isn't working ("oops" logo)

prd3 # Thursday, September 9, 2010 1:12:45 PM

Originally posted by Pachink0:

Anybody home??

WTF are you talking about?

Are you drunk?

Superrrrrdurt!Superdurt # Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:08:58 PM

Great job devs! But now there is Opera Mobile and Opera Mini for WiMo but only Mini for Android

Love to have both on Android as well.

Morphdreamer # Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:51:31 PM

Originally posted by Superdurt:

Love to have both on Android as well.

http://twitter.com/opvard/status/22721762220

Maxwell Mwauraubwete12 # Thursday, September 9, 2010 3:48:38 PM

My platform is the Samsung Omnia 2 loaded with WM 6.5. I've just installed 5.1 and I have to say this: I'm in love!!!

Superrrrrdurt!Superdurt # Thursday, September 9, 2010 4:09:52 PM

@Morphdreamer: You know if there already are phones that come preinstalled with it?

darkcg # Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:40:51 PM

Fantastic, dudes!!! Thanks!!
Can we have Opera Mobile 10.1 for Windows Mobile now?

westsiide # Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:52:13 PM

First impressions so far are very good. Scrolling is noticeably waaay smoother and sensitive compared to 5 beta . Font on large setting is a little small but maybe I can change some registry settings for that . Web pages seem to be a bit slower than 5 b , but the page rendering seems to be truer to desktop . Some have said to be having issues with word wrap. So far im not having these issues and word wrap seems to be as good as 5 beta and pretty much all opera browsers ive tested , except for 10 ( which I never really used) . Im using a HTC Touch Pro 2 running 6 . 1 . One last thing, I cant seem to get into engadget. com for some reason . I tested on other browsers even 5 beta , and they work just fine. Will continue testing .

Morphdreamer # Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:23:52 PM

@Superdurt No idea, I only know that Toshiba Folio 100 tablet will have it preinstalled.

z@h3kZAHEK # Thursday, September 9, 2010 9:37:33 PM

Any news for RSS supporting??

anetza # Friday, September 10, 2010 1:25:25 AM

thank you so much :3
thank you really

QasimQasibr # Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:18:03 AM

Any idea if Symbian's going to have a native version? Or N900/Maemo/Meego?

YongShunyongshun # Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:49:04 PM

Lets hope 5.1 comes soon for the iPhone iOS4/(iPhone 4) versions.

YongShunyongshun # Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:49:05 PM

Lets hope 5.1 comes soon for the iPhone iOS4/(iPhone 4) versions.

cunjing # Monday, September 13, 2010 4:41:31 PM

Opera mini 5.1 disappointed me. Because this version and version 5 cannot correctly display a Japanese font.

westsiide # Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:21:38 AM

www.engadget.com still now working.

The Dress Designerdress-designer # Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:21:53 PM

great! Hope our website will also perform better in this browser.

jacoljcl # Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:21:48 AM

All is OK, but ...

G-sensor on my i900 drive me CRAZY !! I have disable autorotation in my omnia, but Opera Mini 5.1 ROTATE IT !!

How to disable AutoRotation in Opera Mini ??

YongShunyongshun # Friday, September 17, 2010 12:21:22 PM

Any progress on Opera Mini for iOS4/iPhone 4?

Openletter # Friday, September 17, 2010 2:58:50 PM

I still find it worse to browse with than version 4. Many websites now know that I am browsing with my phone (BlackBerry 9000). Tis means that they give me a wonderful simple text display. But Mini now make browsing these pages a lousy experience because it insists on using a mouse cursor.

With the change to using a cursor on mobile site, Mini is now officially worse to use than the built in browser. It was incredibly nice to quickly flick around on pages with the trackball whereas now I have to move a cursor that feels like it's stuck in the mud. I can't imagine why anyone at Opera felt this to be an improved experience.