Category Archives: Browsers

Bolt Browser Android Private Beta – Invite Codes Available Here

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Bolt Android - Home Screen

An Android version of the popular proxy based Bolt Browser has entered a limited private Beta. To participate you must have a Beta code. The Bolt Android team has provided me with 500 codes which I’m making available to Wap Review readers on a first come first served basis. Read on the find out how to get your free invite code. I’ve installed Bolt on my T-Mobile My Touch 3G (HTC Magic) and although their are some minor issues it’s … Continue reading →

Opera Mini For Android Updated – Connection, Memory and Stability Fixes

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Opera Mini 6 Android Update3

Opera Software pushed out “Opera Mini Version 6.0, Update 3” for Android phones and tablets today. The full version number is 6.0.25174 and it seems to be strickly a  bug fix release. According to Opera the changes are Better memory handling. Fixed calculation of free space for downloads. Fixed issue with previous URL being reloaded upon startup. Fixed issue with “Connection failed” on page load. HTTP proxy settings is read from APN. Various other crash fixes. I tried Update 3 … Continue reading →

Hands On With Bolt Browser’s xAD Local Search

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xAD Sushi Results

Bolt browser recently started returning results for local searches from mobile local search and advertising company xAD. According to xAD the partnership will give users more relevant results and added features like reviews, offers, maps and directions. Currently live in the US only, xAD results will soon start appearing for Bolt users in Germany, U.K. and France. I gave xAD a try with a few local search queries.  Results were generally pretty good. For most queries xAD returned results that were as … Continue reading →

New Browser Releases: Opera Mini 6 for iOS, Bolt 2.51 and Opera Mobile 11 for MeeGo N900 DE

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Can’t see the video: Click here to view on YouTube This week was a busy one for mobile browser vendors with three new releases. The most notable is the long awaited Opera Mini 6 for the iPhone and iPad which was announced and demoed at CTIA in March and is finally available.  I wonder how much of the delay was due to Apple’s paternalistic app aproval process? New features in the iOS release include: Updated design with a fresh new … Continue reading →

New UC Browser 7.7 For Symbian, Windows and Java – Touch UI and Performance Enhancements

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Last week, UC Browser (formerly UCWEB) launched a new English language edition of UC Browser 7.7 for Symbian V.1-5, Java ME and Windows Mobile touchscreen V.5.0 and latter.  Download it from www.ucweb.com (PC) or wap.ucweb.com (mobile). The Symbian V.5 download also works on Symbian^3 phones like the N8. New features claimed for this release include: Improved server side compression and caching that reduces data traffic by 30% compared to the previous version of UC Browser. Better mobile page rendering and support … Continue reading →

Browser Test: Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mini 4.3

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Opera Mini 6 (Android) Touch Speed Dials and Menu

Click images to view full size Last week at CTIA, Opera Software released three new mobile browsers, Opera Mobile 11, Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mini 4.3.  I covered Opera Mobile 11 a couple of days ago.  Here’s my take on the new Opera Mini versions. Opera Mini 6 and 4.3 can be downloaded from m.opera.com using your phone or from opera.com/mobile/download/ with a PC. The Android version is also available from the Android Market. Opera Mini 6 is latest … Continue reading →

Browser Test: Opera Mobile 11 For Symbian and Android

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Opera Mobile 11 Android - Full Screen With Status Bar

Opera Software released a trio of new browsers last week at CTIA. They are: Opera Mobile 11 for Android 1.6 and later and Symbian 3rd Ed and later. There are also experimental “labs” releases of Opera Mobile 11 for Maemo, MeeGo and Windows (for Windows 7 tablets). Opera Mini 6 for Android, Symbian 2nd Ed and later and BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 and later. iPhone and iPad releases will be available soon. Opera Mini 4.3 for Java ME and BlackBerry. The … Continue reading →

New Symbian Browser: JavaScript Benchmarks and HTML5 Test Results

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T-Mobile Astound Browser - W3C HTML5 test

I’m pretty happy with the new “pre-PR 2.0” Symbian browser on the T-Mobile Astound version of the C7. Not only is the user interface nicer and the feature set improved but browsing seems a lot faster than the E7/N8 browser. To get an idea of the HTML5 support in the new browser I ran the HTML5TEST.com and W3C HTML5 test suites in the old and new Symbian browsers as well as in Opera Mobile 11 (on the Astound) and in … Continue reading →