Category Archives: Browsers

How to Download Opera Mini Signed Versions

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With the release of Opera Mini 5, the Opera Mini Forums have been flooded with newbies complaining that  they can’t find the signed versions of Opera Mini or even that Opera has “screwed them” them by not allowing them to download it their un-supported phone. Actually it’s very easy to download the latest signed or unsigned versions of Opera Mini 5, 4.2 or 3.2 to any phone or PC.  Here’s how: Visit mini.opera.com using your phone browser,  You will see … Continue reading →

Updated: Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 Final Released

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Opera today released “Final” (non-Beta) versions of Opera Mini 5 (image above, left) and Opera Mobile 10 (image above, right) for most platforms. Only the just released Opera Mini 5 for Android and the native Windows Mobile version of Opera Mini  remain in Beta. Download the new releases from m.opera.com with your phone browser or opera.com/mobile/ with your PC.  Opera Mini 5 Final will replace Opera Mini 4.2 and Opera Mobile 10 Final will replace any Opera Mobile 10 Beta … Continue reading →

Opera Mini 5 Beta Available As A Native Windows Mobile .CAB

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Opera Software today released a new Beta version of the Opera Mini 5 Beta as a native Windows Mobile  executable packaged as a .cab file.  This means that a JVM or Midlet Manager is no longer required to run Opera Mini on Windows Phones.  Finding and installing a compatible Midlet Manager has been an issue for many Windows Mobile users.  A native Opera Mini eliminates that hassle and should also provide better performance and integration with the OS. Opera Mini … Continue reading →

Mobile Bookmarklet Page Update and Cleanup

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Most of the better mobile browsers support JavaScript bookmarklets, including Opera Mini 4.2 and 5, Mobile Internet Explorer, Palm Blazer, Opera Mobile, the iPhone, MicroB, Firefox Mobile and the latest version of Nokia Webkit on the N86 and Symbian 5th edition devices. I maintain a page at o.yeswap.com containing dozens of tested mobile bookmarklets and instructions for using them. Today I added a couple of new bookmarklets  to the page: Zap Cookies – Delete all cookies associated with the current … Continue reading →

Mobile Firefox Best On The W3C’s New Mobile Browser Test

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The W3C’s Mobile Web Test Suites Working Group has released their Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers Version 2.  It’s at www.w3.org/2010/01/wctmb2/. This is a forward looking test that is designed to test HTML 5 capabilities that will drive the next generation of mobile Webapps including XmlHttpRequest, <canvas>, <input type=’date’>, contenteditable, Appcache,  <video>, <audio>, Web Workers, localStorage, sessionStorage and @font-face. Most mobile browsers don’t support many of these capabilities yet. I tried the new test with all the mobile browsers … Continue reading →

Bolt 1.7 Adds Widgets, Twitter Integration, Flash Video and Download Manager Enhancements

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There were a huge number of major announcements at the Mobile World Congresss (MWC) in Barcelona today.  Somewhat lost in the barrage of press releases was that Bitstream has released Bolt 1.7.  The main things that are new in this release are: The ability to post to  Twitter from within Bolt.  Posts are pre-populated with the current page’s URL and are editable so you can add your own comments to the tweet. Widgets (images below) based on the draft W3C … Continue reading →

Opera Mobile 10 Beta 3 Released

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Opera Software has released a new Beta of Opera Mobile,  their native code direct browser for  Symbian 3rd and 5th edition and Windows Mobile 5 and 6+ phones.  It includes a couple of highly anticipated features; Windows Mobile only support for plugins such as Flash Lite and support for non-touchscreen Windows Mobile phones. The Beta also features numerous bug fixes and stability and functionality enhancements. I installed the new Beta on my N95-3 and can confirm that it fixes two … Continue reading →

The N900 Forecasts Mobile Browsing’s Future

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Using the N900’s MicroB browser is really an eye opener.  The combination of a relatively large screen, 800×480 px resolution, very good JavaScript performance and full desktop Flash is turning my my mobile browsing pattern upside  down.  When I use Opera Mini on an N95 or the Android browser on the HTC Magic, I typically spend 75% of my time on mobile sites and the rest on “full” web sites.  With the N900 it’s more like 50/50 and the percentage … Continue reading →