{"id":18187,"date":"2012-05-30T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wapreview.com\/?p=18187"},"modified":"2012-05-30T23:09:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T06:09:28","slug":"opera-mini-7-0-now-available-for-java-me-blackberry-and-s60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Mini 7.0 Now Available For Java ME, BlackBerry and S60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/operamini7javasmartpagemysites\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18192\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18192\" title=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Smart Page - MySites\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/OperaMini7JavaSmartPageMySites.jpeg\" alt=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Smart Page - MySites\" width=\"248\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/operamini7javasmartpagesocialnetworks\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18194\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18194\" title=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Smart Page - Social Networks\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/OperaMini7JavaSmartPageSocialNetworks.jpeg\" alt=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Smart Page - Social Networks\" width=\"248\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Opera Software has just\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/press\/releases\/2012\/05\/31\/\">announced<\/a> the availability\u00a0of\u00a0version 7.0 of the Opera Mini browser for Java ME, BlackBerry and Symbian S60 second edition and latter including all Nokia Belle devices. Opera sent me a pre-release copy of the Java ME version earlier today. Here are my initial impressions.<\/p>\n<p>Opera Mini 7.0 is the release version of the Opera Mini Next Beta, that launched three months ago. It contains many bug fixes and stability improvements, but no new features compared with Opera Mini Next, which added:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smart Page &#8211; The browser&#8217;s start page now has two tabs;\u00a0<em>Speed Dial<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Smart Pag<\/em><strong><em>e. <\/em><\/strong>Smart Page\u00a0is a one page summary of your favorite sites, the\u00a0latest\u00a0from your Twitter timeline, Facebook news feed and news sites of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>Support for more than 9 speed dials &#8211; you can have as many as you want, limited only by device\u00a0resources.<\/li>\n<li>Improved support for Right To Left languages<\/li>\n<li>Tabs are now closed with a single tap on touch screen devices. When you close a tab, Opera Mini now switches to the last one used rather than the one to the left.<\/li>\n<li>The default &#8220;www.&#8221; prefix has been removed from the address bar. Auto completion still supports it, though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Smart Page<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The biggest change is obviously the Smart Page. It has three main sections. At the top are large non-removable icons for the Opera Mobile App Store and Opera&#8217;s Facebook page (image above, left). Below is &#8220;My Sites&#8221;, an ever changing dynamic list of your most visited sites. Next come non-editable icons for Google+, Gmail, Google News and a second Opera Store icon \u00a0That&#8217;s followed by a &#8220;Social Networks&#8221; \u00a0 section with items from your Twitter and Facebook feeds (image above, right). The page wraps up with &#8220;My News&#8221;, links to recent stories from your most visited news sites and blogs and a nicely organized directory of top sites, which is not customizable (image below, left).<\/p>\n<p>The My Sites, Social Networks and My News\u00a0sections\u00a0can be independently swiped or scrolled left and right to reveal more items.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/operamini7javasmartpagenews\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18193\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18193\" title=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Smart Page - My News\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/OperaMini7JavaSmartPageNews.jpeg\" alt=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Smart Page - My News\" width=\"248\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/operamini7javaspeeddial\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18195\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18195\" title=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Speed Dial With Support For More Than 9 Sites\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/OperaMini7JavaSpeedDial.jpeg\" alt=\"Opera Mini 7 Java Speed Dial With Support For More Than 9 Sites\" width=\"248\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A like much of the Smart Page but I&#8217;m a bit put off by the large number of non-editable links and icons. I realize that many of these are paid placements that help support the considerable development and hosting costs of the browser. It is possible to disable the Smart Page entirely. I hope future releases will give users more control of the Start Page content.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Speed Dial\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Enhancements<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The other new features in Opera Mini 7 are all appreciated, especially the\u00a0ability\u00a0to have more than 9 Speed Dials. \u00a0The bug in Opera Mini Next that caused Opera Link to duplicate Speed Dials seems to be banished. At least I didn&#8217;t see it on either of the\u00a0devices\u00a0I tried Opera Mini 7 on.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hands On\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I\u00a0briefly\u00a0used Opera Mini 7 on a basic Motorola WX400 Qwerty clamshell that retails for less than $50 on pay as you go and a Nokia Asha 303, a high end Touch and Type S40 feature phone. Both ran Opera Mini Next with no real issues and Opera Mini 7 worked just as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instalation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As is usual with Opera Betas, Opera Mini Next installed alongside existing any Opera Mini\u00a0release\u00a0version. Because Opera Mini 7 is a\u00a0release\u00a0version, installing it upgrades your existing Opera Mini 6.5 or earlier browser, retaining all your settings, bookmarks and saved passwords.<\/p>\n<p>Opera Mini 7 is available now from <a href=\"http:\/\/m.opera.com\">m.opera.com<\/a> (mobile) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/mobile\/download\/\">opera.com\/mobile\/download\/<\/a> (desktop).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conclusion\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I continue to be impressed by Opera Mini&#8217;s ability to quickly, accurately and completely render large, complex desktop web pages even on very basic phones. That combined with the speed, data and money saving virtues of a proxy browser makes it easy to see why Opera Mini is one of the most widely used mobile browsers in the world. It&#8217;s particularly popular in the developing world where data is slow and expensive and feature phones are still the norm. Opera Mini 7 is a major upgrade that adds\u00a0significant\u00a0new features and usability to an already outstanding browser. I\u00a0recommend\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/operamini7javaespn\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18190\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18190\" title=\"Opera Mini 7 Java ESPN Showing the top and bottom toolbars, which can be hidden.\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/OperaMini7JavaESPN.jpeg\" alt=\"Opera Mini 7 Java ESPN Showing the top and bottom toolbars, which can be hidden.\" width=\"248\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/operamini7javatechcrunch\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18196\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18196\" title=\"Opera Mini 7 Java - TechCrunch\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/OperaMini7JavaTechCrunch.jpeg\" alt=\"Opera Mini 7 Java - TechCrunch\" width=\"248\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera Software has just\u00a0announced the availability\u00a0of\u00a0version 7.0 of the Opera Mini browser for Java ME, BlackBerry and Symbian S60 second edition and latter including all Nokia Belle devices. Opera sent me a pre-release copy of the Java ME version earlier today. Here are my initial impressions. Opera Mini 7.0 is the release version of the Opera Mini Next Beta, that launched three months ago. It contains many bug fixes and stability improvements, but no new features compared with Opera Mini &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/18187\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[408,254,1428,562,117],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18187"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18209,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18187\/revisions\/18209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}