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Opera Mobile 9.5

Published February 5th, 2008 2:14 PM EST By Daniel Goldman

The Opera Mobile team today made the very first announcement regarding the upcoming Opera Mobile 9.5 browser.

There are many cool new enhancements and features with Opera Mobile 9.5, including a desktop-like browsing experience. The new browser will include the same rendering engine used in Opera 9.5 desktop browser, known as Presto. It supports JavaScript, AJAX, and Flash (unlike the iPhone).

The user interface has changed quite a bit with new toolbars on the top and bottom of the screen. With the new desktop-like browser, you can zoom in and out of the webpage like Opera Mini and the iPhone.

Speed performance has also greatly been improved. Opera Mobile 9.5 is now twice faster than the current publicly available Opera Mobile 8.65; in addition, it’s 4 times faster than Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile.

Another cool feature that has been added to Opera Mobile 9.5 is ability to run Opera Widgets. You’ll be able to run Opera Widgets (the same as those on the desktop) without starting the browser.

Opera Mobile is currently shipped on more than 100 million phones with many of the world’s top mobile OEMs and operators such as HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, and others.

Opera Mobile 9.5 will be available on all major platforms including Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux.

There’s a lot more to Opera Mobile 9.5 – for more read our press release.

For a sneak preview of the upcoming browser, watch the video below.

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  1. 1 p739 Feb 5th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows Vista

    Does Symbian mean UIQ as well. Everything is always s60. True, I hate my phone, and I will NOT get an UIQ smartphone again. But I’m stuck with it for the time being…

    It’d be cool if you could chose to stream the sites through Opera Mini servers too, even in this more fully fledged mobile browser. Data rates are high…

  2. 2 Hylic Feb 5th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows 2000

    Is there a fit to width option (like in opera mini)?

  3. 3 Dane Feb 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Windows Windows XP

    Will Opera Mobile finally go free?

    It will be facing some heavy competition from free browsers like Nokia’s webkit based default one on S60, the upcoming Skyfire browser (which also uses a proxy like Opera Mini, but also supports dynamic content like Google maps and quicktime video) and ofcourse Opera Mini itself :)

    The new features look awesome, but they may not be enough for some users to shell out 25$, considering the free alternatives.

    So i don’t think it make a lot of business sense to still charge for Opera Mobile, especially because of the phenomenal success of the free Opera Mini.

  4. 4 Papa Lomax Feb 5th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Windows Windows XP

    Finally! I’ve been waiting for so long for infor on the new Opera Mobile.

  5. 5 An Feb 5th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Windows Windows XP

    I have a Razor2 (Motorola V8i) that comes with Opear Mobile 8.6 (Free - more or less). So if I upgraded to 9.5 will I have to buy the new version or is there a cheaper upgrade option?

  6. 6 Øyvind Ø Feb 5th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
    using Opera Mini Opera Mini 9.50

    I used to upgrade my computer when new games was released, now I upgrade my phone when new browsers comes out. Wish something could drive me to update my fridge just as often…looking forward to the beta. :thumb:

  7. 7 Rhonnysparks Feb 6th, 2008 at 2:18 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Linux Linux

    The new browser will include the same rendering engine used in Opera 9.5 desktop browser, known as Presto.

    Opera 9.,5 desktop uses Kestrel not Presto.
    Presto is used up until 9.25.

    other than that, great news!

  8. 8 Arve Feb 6th, 2008 at 2:38 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Linux Linux

    Opera 9.,5 desktop uses Kestrel not Presto.
    Presto is used up until 9.25.

    This is not correct. Opera’s rendering engine has been ‘Presto’ since Opera 7 on desktop. “Kestrel” is just a codename/nickname for the desktop release itself. For a history of the layout engine, check Wikipedia.

  9. 9 zenrandom Feb 6th, 2008 at 10:37 am
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    Please tell me that having just bought 8.65 45 days ago, that I will be able to get a free upgrade to 9.5… assuming its coming out officially at mobile congress next week…

  10. 10 zenrandom Feb 6th, 2008 at 10:38 am
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    gah… i mean i bought it 4 days ago
    not 45

  11. 11 Daniel Goldman Feb 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    zenrandom, Opera Mobile 9.5 will first be released to handset manufacturers and OEMs. After that, we’ll make it publicly available for users to download.

  12. 12 Stian Feb 6th, 2008 at 11:58 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    A part of the Opera Mobile 9.5 comes Small Screen Rendering. Does this work the same way as Opera Mini but in the OM 9.5?

    stian

  13. 13 Dante Feb 7th, 2008 at 1:45 am
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Windows Windows XP

    [6:02] this widget and many more great widgets can be downloaded from widget.opera.com

    It’s widgets.opera.com

  14. 14 Want2Know Mar 5th, 2008 at 9:49 am
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows Windows XP

    When, when, when will it be avail?

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