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What happened to Opera Mobile 9.0?

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 Published February 6th, 2008 12:10 PM EST By Daniel Goldman

By now you’ve probably already heard of the Opera Mobile 9.5 announcement. I know many of you have wondered why we’ve skipped Opera Mobile 9.0 in favor of version 9.5.

Here’s why.

The Opera Mobile browser will include the same rendering engine, Presto, as the Opera 9.5 desktop browser. In addition, the Opera SDK (Software Development Kit) that is used for embedded devices also uses the latest Presto rendering engine.

It only made sense to align Opera Mobile with the Opera desktop browser and SDK, and use the same version 9.5 number – after all it’s essentially the very same browser, just in different devices.

This helps reinforce our belief in the ‘One Web’ concept regardless of the device it’s accessed on.

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  1. 1 Favorite Browser Feb 6th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Windows Windows XP

    What about Opera Mini? :-)

    It got some kind of “9.5 rendering engine”, right?

  2. 2 Daniel Goldman Feb 6th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Yes, Opera Mini also uses the latest Presto rendering engine.

  3. 3 Man Feb 6th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows Vista

    So Presto ot Kestrel, huh?

  4. 4 Daniel Goldman Feb 6th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.25 on Windows Windows XP

    Presto is the rendering engine in Kestrel (the code name for Opera 9.5).

  5. 5 Qasim Feb 7th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Windows Windows XP

    Whatever happened to the Palm version of Opera Mobile that was announced last year: http://operawatch.com/news/2007/04/opera-9-is-coming-to-the-palm.html

    The press release seems to indicate that this will only be available for win mobile and symbian. Is a palm version on the horizon?

  6. 6 Grizlupo Feb 8th, 2008 at 9:26 am
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows Windows Vista

    The Video for 9.5 face and I, quite frankly, can’t wait to show it off to my smug IPhone-toting friends. However, I have a practical problem. I discovered Opera Mobile when I upgraded my old Siemens SX66 to a WM6 ATT-Tilt and was looking for something better than its built-in PIE.

    I am still in the trial period for 8.65 and have no problem paying for browsing software that will have more value than a lot to me than most of the other software on my WM6 phone. However, I would hate to buy something and then have it become obsolete overnight. I realize that Opera is probably waiting for the 11th to make any big announcements. Still, It would be very helpful to know the following:

    1. Is there a plan to release at least a public beta of Opera Mobile 9.5 in first quarter 2008?

    2. If I purchase Opera Mobile 8.65 now, will I be eligible for a no-cost or discounted upgrade to OM 9.5 when it is released?

  7. 7 Daniel Goldman Feb 8th, 2008 at 10:31 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Grizlupo, I haven’t heard anything regarding pricing yet. When I hear something, I’ll report back here.

  8. 8 Qasim Feb 17th, 2008 at 12:01 am
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 on Windows Windows XP

    Comeon Dan, I’ve been checking your blog almost everyday to find out if you’d posted about the Palm version. Have you got any info on it?

  9. 9 Daniel Goldman Feb 19th, 2008 at 11:25 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Qasim, the Palm version we released for Opera was for the Palm Foleo (which Palm stopped making).

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