Too bad the Demo doesn't work on my browser (IE7)
[www.operamini.com]

Nice looking web site though. Hard to believe this is an open source product. Very professional looking!

I'm testing it out on the Blackberry Pearl. I like it a lot.

The only initial issue that I have encountered thus far...

If you have a slider smartphone, the page will not refresh automatically from landscape to portrait. You must manually reload the page.

Otherwise, much faster than the ie browser in wm6. Mainly due to image compression.

Also, because this is built on a java platform, there is no way to full screen the browser.

I thought Windows Mobile did not support Java!

That was akward...

Wegmans, I believe that was a wm5 limitation

Yeah, just checked, I can't install .jar on MotoQ.. I've never been impressed with Opera on Smartphone, I hope Blackberry users have more luck!

I've just tried it out - the new page overview and the 'virtual mouse' thing are copied from Nokia's browser for recent S60 phones - and although it seems like that's a great idea, it's actually less useful than Opera's traditional nav mechanism. Luckily, that's still there and just as good as before.

Kibets: I don't think Opera Mini is Open Source - but that might have been news that passed me by!

@timh & Kibets:
Opera Mini (and their desktop browser) is free, but not open source.

There is also Opera Mobile for smartphones - S60 and Windows Mobile devices supported (currently). This is currently not free, though the 8.65 beta is (though v9.0 will be out soon, which will probably be for charge).

Works beautifully on my Nokia 6265i.

I know its a beta but its too bad I can't test it out for more than a minute on my terrible Treo 680. The browser looks great though.

Curse you Palm, Curse You

Looks like the iPhone has made my non-iPhone browsing experience that little bit better. Looks damned spiffy on my Nokia N70.

tried on treo - no luck! java install a pain, and opera then crashes with any website. surfari please arrive soon, enuff with palm already

I just checked it out on my Samsung Sync and have to say there's some things I like but mostly I prefer the old one.

Sure, I can see the whole webpage, but can't read anything at all. The little cursor thing is interesting, but I prefer the old way of using the left and right nav buttons to skip up or down a page.

Although it is kinda nice to see actual webpages (once zoomed in). Unfortunately, I'm still hampered by the awkwardness of dealing with the Sync interface itself (tiny screen, nav keys and softkeys, etc)

Not sure how anybody would think that this is any sort of answer to the iPhone, though. There's not any comparison whatsover.

As for their little video... interesting but kinda dumb. I mean, at least they should have had the Opera Mini guy vs a Safari guy, not an iPhone guy. Opera Mini is in no way a competitor to the iPhone.

the problem with this is, you cant install is on an iphone to use it, and, those using a Winmo device probably wont bother installing it because the one their phone comes with is already there and simple enough to use.

Unless they score a deal with some goofy obscure phone OEM, they can forget this gaining any REAL ground.

@stacky:
Wrong. I know lots of people that have and use the Opera Mini browser on their phones. Further, their My Opera mobile site has almost 1 million members, and growing daily. Apparently, it's gained REAL ground already.

i've been using opera mini for a year now i guess, its easily 10x better than any stock browser you get, this new beta one is great! not sure if i like the mouse yet.. but i like the zoom feature

@stacky
honestly nobody should ever use the stock browsers their phones come with, they are ridiculous.. if you wana browse the web on your phone, you need opera mini

very nice.. i'm using it with my nokia 9300. I can view full pages, cnn, news.yahoo.com.

Well, it's managed to crash my krzr twice now without loading a page :p guess it realy is still in beta

The FAQ claims they don't support Verizon, but this baby works for sure. This is a huge upgrade from the current Blackberry browser, so I think I've officially switched. I really like the keypad navigation, and the ability to actually view the page as it is, rather than having it all screwed up on the Blackberry browser. Great job on this.

Too bad they aren't going to bother to get the app signed for cingular/at&t networks. It's a waste of everyone's time to even bother to try it unless you've hacked your phone which then breaks the installed java apps and doesn't enable the never ask me option.

There is no reason a company as popular as Opera can't bother to get the app signed, it just screams laziness.

Tip for BB Pearl users: Don't use the scroll ball. Use the number pad. It's easier.

I installed IBM's java emulator on my 750.

I currently have Full Opera 8.6 & PIE Plus on my Treo 750 and use Opera 90% of the time.

Trying it on my Sync and i like it a lot.

Wish there was an option that would allow me to see pages in a landscape orientation and hold my phone sideways like i do for video.