12-21-2005, 07:00 PM
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Executive Editor, Android Thoughts
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Run Opera Mini on a Jasjar!
"know Opera for Windows Mobile Smartphone is already out there, and I know Opera for Windows Mobile Pocket PC is almost here. But I had to try running the Opera mini J2ME application on my i-mate Jasjar (HTC Universal) for two reasons: to see if it works, and to prove to some people that yes you can run Java apps on Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices. First you have to be using the i-mate Jasjar because it comes with intent Java Midlet Manager."
For all of you "Because I Can" people out there, here is your hack for Christmas. Run Opera on your JasJar, amaze your friends and annoy your enemies. Although this might not be your preferred browsing method - IE, as the article mentions, is a bit faster for regular browsing!
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Executive Editor - Android Thoughts
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12-21-2005, 08:05 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I tried downloading Opera and I don't get the "get opera button"
I have WM-5 What's the deal?
Thanks
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12-21-2005, 08:41 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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This also works on the HTC Wizard devices and maybe all WM 5.0 devices. I have been using it on the Wizard since October.
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12-21-2005, 08:44 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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It also works on my Samsung i730 running WM2003 SE, and the IBM portable java! 
No Windows Mobile 5 needed!
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12-21-2005, 09:09 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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yeah, I have been using the Midlet Manager that comes on the Qtek 9100 (HTC Wizard) and it runs ok... but to run one app to run another? I just go back to IE because it is there.
What it does illustrate however is that MS could do a much better job with Pocket IE.
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Jonathan (JonnoB)
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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12-21-2005, 09:45 PM
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Thinker
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...or you could just try the smartphone version of Opera on your WM5 PPC since it can run Smartphone applications (Yes, I've tried it and it works)....
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12-21-2005, 09:49 PM
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Mystic
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Originally Posted by KTamas
...or you could just try the smartphone version of Opera on your WM5 PPC since it can run Smartphone applications (Yes, I've tried it and it works)....
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When you use the keyboard, do you get a single or double characters? With a Smartphone app, no touch screen either... :?
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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12-21-2005, 09:49 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by JonnoB
yeah, I have been using the Midlet Manager that comes on the Qtek 9100 (HTC Wizard) and it runs ok... but to run one app to run another? I just go back to IE because it is there.
What it does illustrate however is that MS could do a much better job with Pocket IE.
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My secret hope, as a Firefox user, is Minimo. It is not really in a truly usable form right now, but it gets better and better at every release.
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12-21-2005, 09:52 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by JonnoB
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Originally Posted by KTamas
...or you could just try the smartphone version of Opera on your WM5 PPC since it can run Smartphone applications (Yes, I've tried it and it works)....
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When you use the keyboard, do you get a single or double characters? With a Smartphone app, no touch screen either... :? |
Huh? What do you mean? Yes, no touch screen, but you can still use the hardware keyboard and the direction buttons. I have not played too much with it though, it was a while ago.
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12-21-2005, 10:40 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 541
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I have tried the Opera for smartphones on my Universal and I didn't like it.
You can't use touch screen and it's not really stable - had to reset my device.
On top of that it is not free. I guess I'll wait for PPC version or until Minimo becomes usable.
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