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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Opera Mini is released
Opera Mini is a Java/J2ME-based web browser for mobile phones, that relies on a transcoding server that converts the often very complex web pages into something more digestable for the low performance of mobile bearers and the memory and CPU capabilities of mobile phones.
It works quite well based on my previous testing, yet web pages are always shown in "narrow" mode rather than as they are shown on a PC screen. It's also very dependent of the load of the gateway, as most work is done there. Downloading the processed info is on the other hand fast even over GPRS.
As I've wondered before, how will phone manufacturers think of Opera Mini, considering it lessens the need for upgrading to new phones? Opera also wants to sell other products to them.
Opera Mini
Opera Officially Launches Mini Browser - Yahoo! News
Opera Mini Officially Brings Web to Mobiles - Mobile News - Designtechnica
It works quite well based on my previous testing, yet web pages are always shown in "narrow" mode rather than as they are shown on a PC screen. It's also very dependent of the load of the gateway, as most work is done there. Downloading the processed info is on the other hand fast even over GPRS.
As I've wondered before, how will phone manufacturers think of Opera Mini, considering it lessens the need for upgrading to new phones? Opera also wants to sell other products to them.
Opera Mini
Opera Officially Launches Mini Browser - Yahoo! News
Opera Mini Officially Brings Web to Mobiles - Mobile News - Designtechnica
