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BusinessWeek: Opera Mobile is better in just about every respect

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 Published January 4th, 2008 1:24 PM EST By Daniel Goldman

In an article about the Motorola Q9h from AT&T, Business Week wrote very highly of Opera Mobile. The Opera Mobile Web browser is pre-installed by Motorola by on the Q9h.

“Motorola has taken advantage of Microsoft’s loosening of its once iron-bound control of software on Windows Mobile products. The most dramatic change was the choice of Opera, rather than Mobile Internet Explorer, as the default Web browser.

Opera is better in just about every respect, but especially in the rendering of big Web pages on a small screen. It does it better than any browser but Safari on the iPhone, and is especially impressive when AT&T’s spotty 3G network lets you take advantage of the Q9h’s high-speed data capabilities.”

(Read the BusinessWeek article)

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(Opera Mobile on the Motorola mobile phone)

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  1. 1 Matt Jan 4th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Linux Linux

    Now if only we could get them to tell us when the new one is coming.

  2. 2 Bob Jan 4th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Windows Windows XP

    Duh! Anybody that has ever tried Opera MUST know it’s superior!

  3. 3 Jadd Jan 5th, 2008 at 8:06 am
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Linux Linux

    Better than Safari?

  4. 4 Nilotpal Jan 5th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Windows Windows XP

    @ Jadd: “Better than Safari?”
    If you are talking about the browser alone-YES.
    However, browsing on the iphone is not just about the browser, it is about the platform as well. The OS and the capabilities and the UI of the platform is superior to many mobiles, hence the feeling that Safari is better. What Opera does on mobiles is more remarkable than what Safari does on the iphone.

  5. 5 Ilgaz Jan 6th, 2008 at 6:01 am
    using Safari Safari 523.10.6 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    If that Apple iPhone SDK proves to be a real SDK, not a toy, Opera ASA can code Opera for iPhone and there could be a real competition. In fact, if Opera ships for iPhone, I can think about buying iPhone since it would mean Apple is open for real competition which really lacks from current one.
    ps: I know theoretically Opera can ship for iPhone right now but stock market listed companies does NOT hack other companies firmwares :)

  6. 6 Pallab Jan 6th, 2008 at 6:34 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    The praises just keep coming in :D
    Congrats to Opera dev team.

  7. 7 Investor Jan 7th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Well, that’s history…

    Seems like MS already has started the marketing campaign for WM 7, to be released 2009 and includes a PIE that will beat iPhone’s web experience… http://www.gsmarena.com/hot_windows_mobile_7_insight-news-399.php

    MS strategy is to prevent users from switching, by promising them a better future, just around the corner. What’s Opera strategy by not releasing Opera Mobile 9 beta ?

  8. 8 Olli Jan 11th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.26 on Windows Windows Vista

    Investor: Yes, strategy is behind the decision to not release aproduct before it has reached a set quality criteria…. You didn’t know? :-)

  9. 9 Investor Jan 11th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    I know… official target is 50% increase in shipments with Opera Mobile pre-installed vs. 2006. Q3 report suggests only 28% achieved… When old strategy failes, it’s time for a new ;)

  10. 10 Olli Jan 15th, 2008 at 5:06 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Linux Linux

    Investor: No that strategy shouldn’t change :-p

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