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Opera Mini 5 beta


operaOpera has just released a beta version of their acclaimed mobile web browser Opera Mini 5. The beta version, which is available publicly can be downloaded to a mobile phone directly or to the computer system first. Versions for Blackberrys and Java compatible cell phones are provided on the download page. Opera 5 Mini comes with several new features that make the mobile browsing experience more pleasant. Some of them are:

  • Sleek design — Opera Mini 5 features a new, intuitive and advanced look and feel.
  • Tabbed browsing — This desktop favorite is now available for Opera Mini. Tabs allow users to browser several sites simultaneously. This helps users easily jump from one page to another with the click of a tab.
  • Touchscreen or keypad browsing — Opera Mini caters to the needs of your phone, offering optimal browsing for both touchscreen and keypad-based phones.
  • Password manager — Opera Mini is a virtual memory bank, securely saving all passwords for e-mail, social-networking sites, online banking and more.
  • Speed Dial — This is our take on a table of contents for your Web adventure. Opera’s Speed Dial will greet you with your pre-selected Internet favorites upon loading the browser.

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The Opera developers have released a video that demonstrates the functionality of Opera Mini 5.

Mobile users who are interested in testing the new Opera 5 Mini web browser can point their mobile devices to m.opera.com/next to download it directly from the device or to the download page at the Opera website to download it to their PC.




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16 Responses to “Opera Mini 5 beta”

  1. A says:

    I ran it on a pc emulator and its great. I’m also using it at the moment on my 3 skypephone s2 and most features work well but sadly the graphical features don’t show up perfectly on it. Its very good though.

  2. Jon says:

    Palm users should note this from the Opera Community Opera Mini forum: “All Palm devices will have to stick with 4.2, as they are not capable of running 5.”
    On my Palm Centro, version 4.1 is much more stable than the 4.2 version.

  3. Mark says:

    Thanks, Opera team, for making mobile browsing very, very good with Mini 4. The video really made me really excited about getting Opera Mini 5 soon on my Android phone. Tabbed browsing will be great. The new UI for entering URLs and search also looks a lot more friendly and usable, which will be greatly appreciated.

  4. Pallab says:

    Btw, you should start using the new Opera icon.

    And as far as O mini 5 is concerned – its mindblowing.

  5. I am try it in my Nokia 6300, its really great look like their full Opera Desktop, really nice, but i got some trouble such us input text and java memory limit error

    • itsbedo says:

      This is a pretty cool browser, the features are as described in all the reviews, browsing is simply a smoother process. Using it on my N97

      I can only think of 2 annoying things (But don’t let these sway you)
      *You can’t turn off the virtual keyboard (which sucks because I already have a full qwerty keyboard built into the phone).
      *RSS is unavailable too but that will hopefully change when the full version is released.

      All in all, I’m impressed

      • jesse says:

        im sure u can. just go to settings then advanced then turn off inline editing. i dont know about u but when i went to do anything to do with saving pages it just crashes. also does anyone know when opera will stop beta testing it?!

  6. Russian says:

    Awesome, It has took the opera mini to new hights

  7. eAhmadNawaz says:

    How to Synchronise it with Opera Link?

  8. Gabor says:

    Have you find out How to Synchronise it with Opera Link?
    please dont tell me its not possible in the beta.
    If it is, i`ll go back to 4.2

  9. BobG says:

    No Opera Link in the first public Beta, AFAIUI. Probably to stop beta code potentially messing up link/sync data and breaking non-beta Opera installations that it is sync’d with. Should be in a later beta/release candidate.
    Bob.

  10. Pradeep says:

    Its amazing and surely a incredible with a java phone. The only disadvantage is that is throws out of memory exception and it dont have remedy to catch the exception that is available in 4.2. The in line editor is likely to be good but it stops working in dictionary mode.

  11. azeez babalola says:

    Am using nokia 3110c, how can i get the opera 5.o version on my phone

  12. frank says:

    my first foray into 3rd party browsers was the opera mini 5 beta and wow! is all i can say. i have the 9530 blackberry storm and it made me fall back in love with my phone. I have only one bad thing too say… when i press my backspace key it keeps deleting until i push another key. other than that it has actually made my life boring with how quickly my internet useage goes now lol.

  13. Godmaxx says:

    Firstly,i ll say tanx 2 opera team 4 putin dis application in place bt i av dis little prob wit d app on my phone (i.e SE P990i),i can’t download with it. I dnt no if d fault s mine or it d software.other dan dat it perfect.plz!!!!!!! anybody wit good experence shud help me…

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