[3GSM] Opera 9 Mobile Announced
Published by Ewan Spence at 9:40 UTC, February 12th 2007
The ease of mobile data could be the big talking point from Barcelona, so the announcement of Opera 9 Mobile is very timely. Promising widgets, multiple views of web pages (full screen, smart rendering, or intelligent zoom on a selected area), Java and Ajax support, the Norwegian company will be hoping that their browser is considered by all the major manufacturers. No release date has been given.
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pera 9 goes mobile: Tradition of market leading innovation continues with upcoming Opera Mobile editionOslo, Norway and Barcelona, Spain - February 12, 2007 - Opera Software today announced plans to upgrade mobile Web browsing by developing Opera 9 for mobile phones in all major platforms. Opera 9 has enriched Web use on the PC with new technologies, and now the leading browser innovator will deliver the same groundbreaking functionality to mobile phones. The upcoming Opera Mobile edition includes the latest in PC browsing features such as Widgets and Intelligent Zoom.
Opera 9 on mobile phones will add completely new dimensions to navigation. Users can seamlessly alternate between viewing modes to get a birds-eye perspective or dive into the content they want. Users have the choice to see an overview of a Web page or adapting the page to the width of the screen. As first seen with the Opera browser for Wii, Intelligent Zoom allows users to then zoom in directly to a selected area.
Widgets will also debut on mobile phones with the upcoming release of Opera Mobile. These small Web applications running outside of the browser allow users, manufacturers and operators to create and personalize services derived from Web content such as weather and traffic information, news and e-mail. Widgets offer Web applications that are instantly accessible on the phone without having to launch the Web browser, presenting dynamic and engaging content directly to users.
"We are impressed with the constantly evolving experience of browsing the Web," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Bringing Opera 9 to mobile phones will present new capabilities in mobile Web services that will be exciting to see defined."
Opera's JavaScript and rendering engines are built for speed while enabling dynamic AJAX-based applications. Driving standards compliance, Opera Mobile has full DOM support and can smoothly run advanced Web applications on mobile phones.
Opera Mobile is currently shipped on more than 50 million phones from major manufacturers such as Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. For more information, visit
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/.
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ares
I hope SE provides UIQ3 phones with update to version 9 of Opera has soon has possible, the new features look very good
JuhaN
When for S60 3rd edition? ...just want to know, when?
=)juha
krisse
If it supports AJAX, does that mean we can run the proper version of Gmail through our symbian phones?
Joar
Krisse, I suppose it does.
Since the new version is named version 9, this means that the rendring engine being used is version 9 (the Opera version numbering follows the version of the rendring engine of desktop Opera). Opera 9 on the desktop has quite a bit better rendring than Opera 8, so I would expect that most sites work flawlessly.
2more
Wonder if it allow select, copy and paste text...
Unregistered
still the opera mobile 9.5 or even 9.0 is not out. when will it be out.
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