Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

New Opera Mobile and Mini Betas – New Features, Fixes and Reduced Memory Usage

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Wowser! Opera Software released a second Beta of both Opera Mobile 10 and Opera Mini 5 today.  I really didn’t expect a new release until after the holidays.  I’ve been playing with the new versions for about an hour now and I like what I see. Here are my impressions. The big changes are the addition of some of the most requested features that were missing from the first Beta Opera Link which synchronizes bookmarks, speed dial shortcuts and custom … Continue reading →

Save Online With Coupons From CouponAlbum.mobi

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Holiday shopping can be a budget buster. One way to save when shopping online is with coupon codes. Coupon Album, one of the larger coupon sites on the web, now has a mobile friendly version. It’s a simple, low bandwidth site which should work on all phones. It has a dozen featured deals on the front page, but if those aren’t helpful head Coupon Album’s best feature, the search box. There are a number of mobile coupon sites but surprisingly … Continue reading →

i-Symbian Reborn As The Independent Symbian Blog

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Asri al-Baker’s been a Symbian enthusiast since the Psion days. He published i-Symbian for many years until shutting it down last year. Asri recently started up his blog again as “The Independent Symbian Blog“. It’s updated daily with items on the latest Symbian hardware and software including some of the best coverage I’ve seen of Opera Mobile 10 for Symbian. Asri uses the MobilePress plugin for WordPress to generate the mobile version of The Independent Symbian blog. Filed in: Wap … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web #191

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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2036 mobile sites. Weather Weatherzone (AU) m.wz.com.au Australian and international weather information site with satellite images, weather radar, forecast charts and a full range of Australian forecasts and current observations.It’s a “Middle-web” site optimized for the iPhone, Pre and Android but doesn’t require … Continue reading →

Leaked UCWEB 7 Java Version With Zoom Mode

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UCWEB guru “Jbpseudo“, sent me a link an English translation of a leaked version (7.02.3) of the upcoming UCWEB 7 browser.  The main change since UCWEB 7 Beta 2, which I covered 2 weeks ago, is that it now offers the equivalent what Opera calls “Desktop View” where pages are formatted more or less as they are in desktop browsers, with horizontal scrolling required to see the full width of the page.  In UCWEB it’s known as “Zoom Mode” and … Continue reading →

Use Your Phone to Identify Unsafe Toys

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As the holiday shopping rush kicks off in earnest this week, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, an independent non-profit consumer activist organization, has launched a mobile web site, ToySafety.mobi. It offers tips on how to identify unsafe toys plus a list of 16 toys that are unsafe due to choking hazards, excessively loud noises or toxic materials. Shoppers do need to be careful when buying toys as the hazards presented by some of these products are very real with … Continue reading →

SPEEDtv’s Mobile Site Is a Pleasant Surprise

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Speed is a North American cable and satellite TV channel focused on motor racing, especially NASCAR and Forumula 1.  There is also coverage of Moto-GP, WRC, the American Le Mans series and auto and motorcycle racing in general along with features showcasing high performance cars and bikes, both current and vintage. The channel’s web and mobile sites are a nice surprise. A lot of cable channels run their Web sites primarily as a promotional tool for their TV presence with … Continue reading →

Opera Mini Blocked in China

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CC  Carsten Ulrich Some rights reserved Over the weekend users of the international version of Opera Mini, no matter what site they tried to visit, landed on a screen with the message “For better browsing experience, please upgrade to Opera Mini China version at mini.opera.com“. A blogger in China, Carsten Ulrich posted the screen shot shown here. The international version of Opera Mini uses proxy servers in Europe and the U.S. and has apparently long been a popular way for … Continue reading →