Final version of NetFront 3.3 is out - in Japanese; English version to follow "in a few days"

By Werner Ruotsalainen, Submitted Wednesday, May 31, 2006

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Now that Opera Mobile 8.6, the, in my opinion, best Pocket PC Web browser is out, I've quickly checked (on the Japanese shopping pages (Babelfish translation here) of the developer) whether Access has released the commercial version of NetFront in the meantime.

The answer is yes - as far as the Japanese version is concerned. It is already available in this webshop (Babelfish translation here).

The English version, according to the main page ("English edition(the next few days sale schedule)"), is due in the next few days.

Incidentally, the upgrade price for customers of 3.2 will be half the price of the full version of version 3.3 - at least this is the case with the Japanese version. This is definitely good news.

Submitted by Bob Katayama on June 1, 2006 - 7:09am.

So how many languages do you understand? Surprised to find Japanese is also one of oyur fortes. Feel so humbled to be in your presence.

So do you think NetFront 3.3 is really that good over others like Opera Mobile 8.6

I have never liked software with version numbers beyond 5. Means it has been rewritten or updated that many times. Was the program improved with great new features or has major fixes been inplimented instead? Simply put, has Netfont done in 3 version what it took Opera 8 versions to achieve? LOL

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on June 1, 2006 - 7:19am.

I only understand spoken Japanese - to some degree, that is (used to study it too - in Europe, we're used to learning many languages). As far as written Japanese is concerned, I've purchased several Kanji books too but never had the time to really venture into studying them.

It's a bit early (before I review the final version of 3.3, along with all its plug-ins) to decide which is better: Opera or NetFront. Both have their definite advantages: Opera has a much better (much more standard compliant) HTML/JavaScript/HTTP engine, while NetFront has more add-on utilities like link copying. I'll elaborate on this in my big comparative article/review.

Az far as the Opera 8.6 version number is concerned, it's a direct copy of the desktop version number. That is, the Opera folks didn't want to start WinMob version numbering from 1.