Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine - Comments for "Misc news: Opera Mobile 9.5, SPB Mobile Shell 2.0, Sprite Archie etc."

Damien, did you test the games with the Cloudyfa 2.1 version? Other versions not necessarily support sound; Cloudyfa's does.

badbob001, I stand corrected: it's indeed the 070802.2.1 version that I referred to as 2.2. Thanks!

Thanks Damien for the tests; too bad there's no sound :( I'll, then, stick with version 2.2 for games having a decent soundtrack / music and only use the new version for M3G games.

I just bought the Opera browser for my Archos 605 PMP tonight and I have to say it is really nice. It is as crystal clear as I have ever seen and the functionality is exceptional. Chalk up another win to Opera.

Agreed, Opera Mobile is definitely worth paying for. Even if one doesn't use it much but, say, prefers using Opera Mini instead - or, for that matter, use Opera on the desktop (as I do - it has the best (albeit Mozilla / Firefox is gradually getting better - let's not talk about IE in this respect ;) ) zoom engine for really high-res ((W)UXGA) notebook screens and is, therefore, indispensable for me when browsing the Net on my 15" UXGA Thinkpad a31p).

It's like "let's purchase CorePlayer, even if you will still use TCPMP in many cases (for example, YouTube, AC3 or HE-AACv2 playback, which, as of now, CorePlayer is still not capable of) just to express a big THANKS for the free TCPMP".

My purchasing CorePlayer in three different versions (one for the desktop, one for Symbian and the third for Pocket PC's) has certainly been done to also express my gratitude for Picard's free (!), unpaid work during all these years.

The situation with Opera Mobile / Mini and their free desktop browser is exactly the same. The Opera folks definitely deserve purchasing their products just to support their other, free projects.

I'll definitely report on the new browser from Barcelona; it'll be showcased in there.

No official announcements on the upgrade policy. They have only stated 8.xx upgrades would be free for 8.60/8.65 customers (as was the case with the 8.60 -> 8.65 upgrade.)

Being a huge Opera Mobile fan I cannot wait until 9.5 comes out. The demo video shows the Opera Zoom option which looks very handy. I wonder if it will have the ability to manually choose a zoom size as well? Anyway, the new interface looks great and the speed seems even better. I look forward to this one.

BTW - Has there been any announcement about whether existing users (8.65) will get a special price for upgrades?

Smartphone &amp; Pocket PC magazine - Comments for "Misc news: Opera Mobile 9.5, SPB Mobile Shell 2.0, Sprite Archie etc."

Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine - Comments for "Misc news: Opera Mobile 9.5, SPB Mobile Shell 2.0, Sprite Archie etc."