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Hands-On with Opera Mini 4.1


opera.jpg With all the new browsers on the scene, Opera found it only fit to show the new comers it still has a couple of tricks up the sleeve. In enters the new Opera Mini 4.1 Beta with new features like the ability to save pages offline and runs up to 50% faster. I’ve tested the new Opera Mini and have to say that it is very slick and easy to use. One of the new features is the ability to use the “Find”, button within a web page to find certain words. So next time you do a search for “Chicken salad”, you can go right to the recipe instead of reading through the history of chicken salad. The ability to save web pages offline is great for those long train rides or article reads when there is no reception or Wi-FI.

Opera now supports the ability to upload and download pictures to web sites like flicker. Again your phone must be compatible with the uploading and downloading as it did not work on my Treo 750 or BlackJack II -- Since Opera Mini needs to run through a JVM, support for WinMo devices will be a little hit and miss. Check out the video to see hands on with the new Opera Mini 4.1


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Funny--- You might wanna head on over to XDA developers and get yourself a version Esmertec Jbed Java for that treo 750... I've been uploading pix to my Myspace account thru Opera 4.1 on my dusty, trusty Treo 700wx. I know if THAT thing can do it, then so can yours.

One neat thing - when I loaded Opera Mini on my Q9h it offered to throw a shortcut into the start menu!

@starrwulfe is correct, Esmertec Jbed Java is crucial for using any Java app on WM as it has more robust and stable behavior.

I suspect that I am missing something. I had downloaded Teashark after seeing a review here and found that my querty keyboard was not recognized. I really don't care how great it works. If I have to punch in letters on the dialpad as if I had a normal telephone the program has zero advantage as far as I am concerned. I saw the Opera review and decided to give that a try. I found the same thing. Am I simply mis-using the program? I hope so. If not, I just don't get it. What good is a faster, cooler, program that does not recognize a querty keyboard? Otherwise, why did we get these things in the first place?

@ pedalboy>> What device are you using? Try asking folks on the forums here and I'm sure we can solve the problem you're having (or at least tell you why you can't use your keyboard)

@ pedalboy>> What device are you using? Try asking folks on the forums here and I'm sure we can solve the problem you're having (or at least tell you why you can't use your keyboard)


Thanks. I am using a Blackjack II.

I too have the BlackjackII and found that in order to enter text you have to press the center button once in the text entry field. Then you should be able start typing.

Funny--- You might wanna head on over to XDA developers and get yourself a version Esmertec Jbed Java for that treo 750... I've been uploading pix to my Myspace account thru Opera 4.1 on my dusty, trusty Treo 700wx. I know if THAT thing can do it, then so can yours.


This is interesting. I was told that the Esmertec would not work on Treo 700wx. Palm can no longer license the IMB Java environment. Even though I was able to download an illegit copy I have no idea how to install it on the 700wx.

So, I'm out of luck on installing an Opera Mini browser. Pretty frustrating.

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