Category Archives: Browsers

UC Browser 8.4 for Java Released With Bug Fixes, New Features

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UC Browser 8.4 - ESPN - browser menus aren't very touch friendly

UC Mobile LTD quietly released a new version of the UC Browser for Java ME a couple of days ago. It’s version 8.4. By convention even numbered point releases of UC such as 8.4 are “stable” releases that contain few or no new features while odd numbered versions like 8.3 are “new feature” releases. So 8.4 is basically 8.3 minus the bugs. 8.4 incorporates the following features that were added in 8.3: UDisk – Download content from the web to … Continue reading →

Opera Mini 7.0 Update 1 for Symbian Released, Fixes Re-connection Issue and Other Bugs

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Opera Mini 7 - Symbian

Opera Software released an updated version of Opera Mini 7.0 for Symbian last week. It’s dubbed “Opera Mini 7.0 Update 1 for Symbian” or version 7.0.30697 and includes bug fixes and performance enhancements but no new features. According to Opera the changes in this version are: Fixed problem with broken text on web pages Fixed network re-connection issues Improved scrolling performance on S60 v3.x keypad devices Improved file type detection for downloads Opera Smart Page language will now always follow browser localization Various … Continue reading →

Firefox Mobile Is Getting a New UI

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Firefox Mobile 14 - Start Screen

I hadn’t used Firefox Mobile in a while because I didn’t have a phone that met the browser’s minimum hardware requirements. But now that I have a Motorola Photon with the requisite ARM v7 CPU, I downloaded the Firefox Beta (v 14.0) and was surprised to see an attractive new user interface (images above). The redesigned UI is only in the Firefox Beta, which is available in the Play Store, or a recent Firefox Nightly. The old swipe interface is still used in … Continue reading →

Opera Mini 7.0 Now Available For Java ME, BlackBerry and S60

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Opera Mini 7 Java Smart Page - MySites

Opera Software has just announced the availability of version 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 … Continue reading →

Nokia Series 40 Browser V 2.0.2 Review

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Asha 303 Home Screen With WebApp Icons

Nokia has lent me a Nokia Asha 303 S40 Touch and Type phone that I’ve been using to explore the latest Nokia Browser for S40 devices. The Nokia browser is a proxy browser like Opera Mini and the UC Browser. When the user requests a page, the browser sends the request to a Nokia server which fetches the page and pre-formats the content before sending it to the browser as a compressed binary stream. Proxy browsers are especially well suited … Continue reading →

Latest Opera Mini Supports 3rd Gen iPad’s Retina Display

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Opera Mini on the iPad

Opera Software released a new version of Opera Mini for iOS today. It’s version 7.0.2 and it fixes the issue with the 3rd generation iPad where the browser toolbar and other UI elements were too small to be usable. This update finally brings Opera’s server assisted technology, which reduces data consumption by about 80% and greatly speeds up browsing on slow networks, to the new iPad. Even if you don’t own a 3rd gen iPad, there are some other new features and bug … Continue reading →

UC Browser 8.4 For Symbian Gets UDisk Cloud Storage and a New Look

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Nokia Belle - Email and Missed Call Notification in Statusbar

The latest UC Browser version 8.4 for Symbian S60 3rd. Edition  and S60 5th Edition is now available for download at wap.ucweb.com (mobile) and www.ucweb.com (PC) The 5th Edition version also works on Symbian Anna and Belle. New features in this release incude: 1. UDisk – Cloud storage, integrated with the browser. Each file has an expiration date, from 7 days to infinity. Storaghe limits are relatively low; 70MB for long-time storage and 2GB for files stored up to 7 days storage. UC … Continue reading →

New UC Browser 8.2 Adds RSS Reader and Bookmark Backup and Restore

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UC Browser 8.2 N8 Symbian Quick Reads

A new 8.2 final version of the UC Browser was released today for Java ME and Symbian 3rd edition and latter. It includes two new features, dubbed Quick Reads and Bookmark Synchronization . Quick Reads is a built in RSS reader.  It displays item headlines with descriptions and thumbnail images from your choice of over 100 popular news sources. Click a headline to read the original article on the source site. Available feeds range from The Economist and the New York Times to E! … Continue reading →