01-18-2006, 01:00 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Opera 8.5 for Pocket PC (Beta) Now Available
"Opera Software, world leader in browser technologies, today released the much anticipated Opera Mobile 8.5 Web browser for Windows Mobile Pocket PC (PPC). Opera 8.5 beta runs on Windows Mobile 2003 and 5.0, offering Opera's full and fast Web surfing experience on the full range of Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices. Opera 8.5 for Windows Mobile Pocket PC supports all major Web standards, including CSS2, DOM 2 and JavaScript, and offers a fast, secure and user-friendly Internet experience unlike any other on these devices. Based on Opera's latest core code, Opera 8.5 for Windows Mobile Pocket PC includes Opera's rendering technology that dynamically reformats Web pages to fit the width of any screen size."
Well, here it is: Opera for Pocket PC. First bundled with the Sharp-Willcom W-ZERO3, it is now available for all Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0. I've just spent a couple of hours playing with it and I'm liking it so far. From a pop-up blocker and download manager to JavaScript support and smart-rendering technology, rest assured, Opera's packed with goodies.
Note that the beta version of Opera for Pocket PC has a 45-day trial period.
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01-18-2006, 01:41 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 125
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Opera > PIE. nuff said.
actually...
Opera >>>>>>>>>>> PIE.
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01-18-2006, 01:59 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 254
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Love the zoom function!! (combined with buildt in rotation and fullscreen). Almost like surfing on my PC.
Took me less than 30 seconds to like this more than Pocket Internet Explorer (Reason: Opera has more features)
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01-18-2006, 02:02 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 254
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Forgot to mention: Bye-Bye quad/doble pixeling of images on VGA devices 
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01-18-2006, 02:03 PM
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Several nice features I've noticed so far:
� It's crazy fast. For once, it's nice browsing non-mobile friendly sites. 8)
� The drop-down address box has a nice scrolling function to it. Highlight a long URL and you'll see what I mean.
� The download manager can resume previously-cancelled downloads. Edit: Though it doesn't always work.
<Goes back to playing with his Pocket PC>
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01-18-2006, 02:15 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,520
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Just installed it.
A few marks against it versus Netfront. I doesn't import my favorites. There also aren't very many settings options. I can't seem to actually change the zoom setting.
Opera renders everything smaller than Netfront does.
I like the progress bar though.
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01-18-2006, 03:00 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Jun 2007
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You can find a review (with a lot of screenshots and bug reports) at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ind...457&more=1
In a few words: this version is much worse than I expected. It's not only pretty featureless but also VERY buggy.
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01-18-2006, 03:01 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 73
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Does anyone know how to get this browser to NOT go to mobile-friendly sites automatically? Using Opera browser for mobile phones in the past (Series60), if you typed in www.espn.com, you were taken to ESPN's full site, not the wireless proxy edition.
If I go to PPC Thoughts, it automatically takes me to the mobile edition. To be honest, I'll stick with PIE if there is no way of changing this. Anyone see a workaround; I see nothing in the settings to change this.
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01-18-2006, 03:09 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 51
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Thanks for this information. Opera is terrribly quicker than IE on my HX4700. Very impressive. The rendering of the pages is quite good too. In GMail (not the pocket version) the left hand menu is strangely puched to the end of the page. But the surfing is really very quick.
Murat
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01-18-2006, 04:32 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 26
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I'm very impressed that it can run the features on the UK's best weather website i.e. www.metoffice.com.
However, I'm irked that the 'Back' button is buried a couple of layers deep in the menus. Is there a quicker way of getting to it ???
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Linear Mode
