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Native Opera Mini version released and is just great!

By Werner Ruotsalainen, March 10, 2010

While (as of today, a month after it being demoed at MWC for the press) there still isn’t any sign of the native iPhone version of one of the best Web browsers, Opera Mini, in the AppStore, the Opera folks don’t seem to have stopped with porting their browser into other platforms. In addition to the iPhone, there’s also a brand new Windows Mobile version released just two days after my publishing my previous news report on Windows Mobile browsers.


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Web Browsing News & Reviews & Tips and Tricks (01/Mar/2010)

By Werner Ruotsalainen, March 1, 2010
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While there are very-very few new releases for Windows Mobile (almost all of the games and a lot of app/utility developers seem to have jumped ship and went straight for the iPhone), Web browsers seem to continuously receive love from app developers. At MWC (where I was also present), there have been even two major, new releases (the new Opera Mobile and BOLT).

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Great Playstation emulator FpseCE 0.10, finally, released! + video

By Werner Ruotsalainen, January 3, 2010
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We emulator freaks have been waiting for version FpseCE 0.10 for at least two and a half years. Back in May-June 2007 when I published my (almost) all-in-one article series on emulating other computing platforms (see THIS) on Windows Mobile, everyone was already waiting for FpseCE 0.10. This is why, back in 2007, I chose not to publish a PS Emulation Bible back in 2007, by the way – I didn’t want to end up having to (completely) rewrite it after the imminent release of the brand new version.

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Multiplatform(!) review: Opera Mobile 10 beta released!

By Werner Ruotsalainen, November 24, 2009
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I’ve thoroughly tested the brand new Opera Mobile 10 beta on all the supported mobile phone platforms (Windows Mobile Professional / Standard and Symbian S60). In general, apart from some problems, I liked what I saw – particularly on Symbian and the touchscreen version of Windows Mobile.

The browser is available for download HERE for both operating systems. For Windows Mobile, a unified download (for both subtypes) is provided.

1. Windows Mobile


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REVIEW: New Windows Mobile Web browser "Dorothy"

By Werner Ruotsalainen, October 11, 2009
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A new Web browser, Dorothy, has been announced slightly more than two months ago.

I’ve waited until now so that I can give the developers some time to enhance it so that I can recommend it. Unfortunately, the (today) current version, 0.2.2, still only has files dating back to August. (Compare this to the frequency (in general, at least one per month) of updates arriving to the now-extinct Iris, which was also based on WebKit.)

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Web browser BOLT 1.5 out; comparison published

By Werner Ruotsalainen, October 11, 2009
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The new, 1.5 version of Java-based Web browser BOLT has just been released.

Opera Mini forum user / Serola has published an extensive, great comparison between it, Opera Mini 4.2 and UCWEB 6.3 HERE.

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Is the Zune HD this bad? Definitely NOT!

By Werner Ruotsalainen, September 22, 2009
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While this subject isn’t strictly a Windows Mobile-specific one, I’ve found it necessary to devote a specific article to it – after all, WinMo 7 will be pretty similar to the OS running in the Zune HD.

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Web browsing news: Opera Mini 5b; no Iris browser any more; Fennec 1.0b3

By Werner Ruotsalainen, September 22, 2009
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1. The first beta of Opera Mini 5, with a completely redesigned interface on both touchscreen and non-touchscreen phones has been released.


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An early access release of the JavaFX MIDlet manager is out!

By Werner Ruotsalainen, July 30, 2009
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See http://blogs.sun.com/javafx/entry/want_to_try_javafx_on for more info and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4212017&postcount=142 for additional user reports.

According to them, it's pretty nice.


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Quick Web browser test & comparison: latest Iris and Opera Mobile versions

By Werner Ruotsalainen, July 23, 2009
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I’ve quickly tested the latest, current Iris and Opera Mobile versions, 1.1.9 and 9.7b1, respectively. (The former is available HERE, the latter HERE) I’ve done so on both VGA (the IPAQ 210 and the HTC Universal) and QVGA (the HTC Wizard) devices.

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