The long-awaited Opera Mobile 9.5 is nearly ready for the public. Opera has announced that an initial beta test is slated for July 15 at www.opera.com. Opera Mobile is a web browser for smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) developed by the Opera Software company. Today, Opera Mobile is available for a variety of devices that run the Windows Mobile, S60, or UIQ operating systems. Further, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile 8.65 are already some of the best mobile browsers around.

Opera Mobile 9.5 will be based on the same browser engine as Opera 9.5 for desktop. But, the company’s mobile browser is miles ahead of the browsers that come standard with most Windows Mobile, Symbian, or other cellphones. In addition, Opera Mobile 9.5 adds Flash Lite 3 support, quicker page rendering, full page zoom, a password manager, and enable you to copy and paste text selections. Opera will probably charge somewhere between $20 and $30 for this browser eventually. But while in beta, the browser will be free.

Friday, June 27th, 2008 at 10:04 am | by Kur-nia-one |