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Skyfire gets funding Opera and iPhone get some competition

All of you might know about Opera Mobile and Opera Mini which is one the most popular mobile browsers. Apple iPhone with its Safari browser is the best mobile browser I have ever come accross

We have covered a lot about mobile browsers in the past even about Skyfire

The cool thing about SkyFire is that it address the short comings of other mobile browsers like the WebKit based ones – Symbian S60, iPhone and Opera, Mobile IE etc.

The biggest problem with mobile browsing is the inability to match the look and content order with the PC.

Most mobile users complain of having to scroll too much or are not satisfied with finding stuff on a small screen. Continue reading “Skyfire gets funding Opera and iPhone get some competition”

Spice users …Experience Opera on your mobiles now!

Opera Mini Web Browser can now be experienced by Spice GPRS and Java enabled users.

Speaking on the occasion, Kunal Ahooja, chief executive officer of Spice Mobiles, said, “Spice Mobiles has tied up with Opera to upgrade the feature offerings on our handsets, and provide a better browsing experience to our customers. The Opera Mini browser ensures a desktop-like experience as it automatically customizes the size and look of Web sites to fit the mobile screen.” Continue reading “Spice users …Experience Opera on your mobiles now!”

Opera Mobile 9.5 promises desktop browsing feel

Brand Wars are getting more and more public these days.

Opera is taking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Mobile head on with Opera Mobile 9.5

They are claiming to be 2 times faster than Internet Explorer mobile.

Also they are promising a desktop browsing feel .

Tabbed browsing , autocomplete addresses, offline browsing etc.

Look at the image above , the software lets u save / send images right from any webpage.

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Opera Mini 4 get the full web on your phone

Opera Mini 4 is out for download and has already crossed 1 million downloads. Its a great piece of software to browse the full web on even a low-end phone over a insanely slow GPRS connection.

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For folks how have not heard about Opera – Most of you would have heard about Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox for the PC. There is also another widely used browser called Opera which is known very well for its mobile offerrings.

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Mozilla Firefox for mobile phones soon

Looks like Opera software and other mobile broswer vendors might face some stiff competition with the entry of Mozilla Firefox into the mobile arena. APC carries a news story which says

“Mozilla Foundation CEO Mitchell Baker has been thinking about it too, and looking at how Firefox can be ported to mobile platforms. “

A Mini Mozilla based variant is already available for Windows Mobile devices here MiniMo .

Opera Mini works great but it will always be good to see some innovation as Mobile Browsing is a tedious job.

via [apc]

3 Killer Mobile Apps

Shozhu

Shozu is a free app to upload photos and videos from your mobile phone.

Its supports Flickr, WordPress, Blogger,Youtube , TypePad and a variety of services.

It also offers Contact backups

Its assisted by timely SMS alerts when the transfers fail or when you move out on roaming.

Gmail Mobile

Google’s J2ME client for its free Gmail service is one of the best mobile email clients out there.

automatic pre-fetching of messages
Slick and user friendly inteface
Attachments support for files and photos, viewable and automatically resized to fit the user’s phone

Just goto http://gmail.com/app on your mobile browser to download the client which is about 130KB in size

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Opera Mini available for Blackberry and Palm Treo

Opera Mini, the free web browser for mobile phones, is now available for BlackBerry and Palm Treo smartphones. Opera Mini is a user friendly superior mobile browser.

Opera Mini� is a fast and easy alternative to Opera’s mobile browser, allowing users to access the Web on mobile phones that would normally be incapable of running a Web browser. This includes the vast majority of today’s WAP-enabled phones.

The new version further improves the browsing experience by enabling download of images, MP3s, etc directly to your phone.

Opera Mini uses a remote server to pre-process Web pages before sending them to your phone. Web content is optimized for your device, ensuring fast browsing and a great user experience.

Opera Mini offers the same speed and usability as the renowned Opera mobile browser, and uses Opera� Small Screen Rendering� technology to provide access to the Web. It has all the features expected of a browser, and more, such as content download, skinning, bookmarks, browsing history. In addition, Opera Mini recognizes your phone and optimizes Web pages accordingly to provide faster browsing.

There are three ways to get the browser: 1) Point your phone’s current browser to http://mini.opera.com; 2) Send an SMS with the word OPERA to 96077 (SMS charges will apply); 3) Visit the Opera site and use the download wizard.

Opera Mini

Update: It seems like once you install it into your Treo, there is a problem. When you attempt to open it, you receive the message “Please ensure that IBM’s WebSphere Micro Environment Java VM is installed.” The program would not open.

This is what you have to do: On the Treo 650, you’ll need Micro Environment Java VM. You can get it here: http://www.palm.com/us/support/jvm/