<![CDATA[Gizmodo: opera mobile 9.5]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: opera mobile 9.5]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/opera mobile 9.5 http://gizmodo.com/tag/opera mobile 9.5 <![CDATA[ Mobile Safari vs. Opera Mobile vs. Skyfire: Who's the Fastest? ]]> Three of the best mobile browsers that act like grown up ones are Mobile Safari, Skyfire and Opera Mobile 9.5. Even though the latter two (both for Windows Mobile) are still betas, Laptop Mag decided to toss them all into a race anyway, seeing which could deliver piping hot content the fastest. They ran Opera and Skyfire on an AT&T HTC Tilt, so everyone was surfing on the same 3G network with beefy hardware. Spoiler: Skyfire delivered pages in one third of the time it took Safari or Opera. It's because Skyfire cheats.

Unmentioned in Laptop's piece is that the Skyfire browser actually shows you a page that has been pre-crunched by Skyfire's servers, so it's essentially showing you an image. And yeah, since the browser itself isn't doing any heavy lifting, it's going to fly. But stuff like text entry is annoying, since you have to input text, send that back to Skyfire, and then it comes back to you. Flash works the same way, but hey, at least it does flash. We're not really sure what's up with Opera Mobile 9.5 taking twice as long as Safari to render a page, but maybe that's 'cause it's big boned feature packed. [Laptop Mag]

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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT matt buchanan http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5028443&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta 1 Available Now ]]> Two days late, the first beta of Opera Mobile 9.5 is available right now. While it's a developer-focused release, 9.5's snappier response, overhauled UI and better standards support make it worth making the jump now, if you're just a little adventurous. [Opera]

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Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:41:38 EDT matt buchanan http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026197&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta Available July 15 ]]> Since the desktop version of Opera 9.5 officially launched just a bit ago, you'd figure the mobile version would be close behind. You're right: Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta (for Windows Mobile) goes live July 15. It'll bring a lot of the desktop version's features down to your smartphone, including the same browser engine. Enjoy your few weeks left to gloat, HTC Touch Diamond owners. [Opera via via Phone Scoop]

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Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:15:00 EDT matt buchanan http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020740&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Opera Mobile 9.5 Reviewed (Verdict: Even Better Than Safari Mobile) ]]> Matthew Miller from ZDNet loaded up Opera Mobile 9.5 on his HTC Advantage, a Windows Mobile device, and thinks it's even better than the iPhone's Safari browser. Why? Because he can select text, copy and paste, save passwords and even email individual images from a page. He says it's the best mobile browser he's ever used (even though Google Docs doesn't work correctly). It's definitely even more like a desktop browser than Apple's offering. You don't need to take his word for it—you can see for yourself in his video. [ZDnet via Into Mobile]

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Mon, 19 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT Jason Chen http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=391759&view=rss&microfeed=true