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Opera Mini updates are usually a good thing. They include bug fixes and often, new features. But for a few users, usually with old or obscure phones, the new version doesn’t work as well as the old one or work at all. On the Opera Mini User forum there is a recurrent theme of users, trying a released version and insisting that one of older ones, was better. There’s a sticky post on the forum with links to some old versions but it’s far from … Continue reading

New Opera Mini 7.5 Brings the “Smart Page” To Android

Opera Software has launched Opera Mini 7.5 for Android. The major change in this release is the inclusion of Opera’s Smart Page, which has been part of Opera Mini for Java, Symbian and BlackBerry since Opera Mini Next and Opera Mini 7.0. The goal of Smart Page is to provide users with instant access to their friend’s latest social media updates along with contextual news updates based on the user’s browsing history. As Opera CEO Lars Boilesen puts it, “There are … Continue reading

Opera Mini 7 for Symbian Update 2 Released

The Opera Mini Browser for Symbian has been updated. The new release is designated as Opera Mini 7.0 Update 2 for Symbian. The version number is 7.0.31380. Update 2 is a performance and bug fix release, there are no new features. A post by Opera’s Torstein Aasebø on the My Opera Forum lists the changes in this release as: Improved progress bar behavior when loading big pages Improved font support and text drawing Various fixes and improvements on network level … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

Opera Mini Next for Symbian Updated

A new Beta, a.k.a “Next”, version of Opera Mini,  labeled “Opera Mini Next for Symbian/S60 – update 1″, is now available for Symbian 2nd edition and latter devices. Download it by pointing your Symbian native browser at m.opera.com/next.  The update  fixes a number of the bugs in the first release. There are no new features.  Here’s the change log: Fixed freeze problem when loading big Opera Link account Fixed crash logger reporting Fixed web forms auto-submission issue Fixed search suggestions Fixed a number of … Continue reading

Opera Mini for Android Updated to Version 7.0

Opera Software has updated the Android version of its Opera Mini proxy browser from 6.5.2 to 7.0. If you have used the Opera Mini “Next” Beta version, then 7.0 should look familiar. According to Opera 7.0, incorporates the all new features added to Opera Mini Next plus some unspecified bug fixes. Here’s a list of the new features in 7.0. Full hardware acceleration of the Mini application has been implemented. On Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) devices, URL sharing via NFC … Continue reading