Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta is Out

I used Opera Mini for a while on my Pocket PC phone before I finally got smart and got rid of the darned thing (the Samsung, not Opera) and I really liked the program. Opera Mobile is along the same lines but a bit more robust. Some of the new features include:

• Faster

  Speed tests show Opera Mobile 9.5 beta loads Web pages 2.5 times faster than Internet Explorer Mobile.

• Pan and zoom

  Opera Mobile 9.5 defaults to full Web page viewing and allows users to pan and zoom into their desired content in just a few clicks.

• Improved user interface

  Opera has completely renovated its user interface. Cleaner and more intuitive, the new UI is designed for quick and easy navigation.

• Opera Dragonfly

  It's a developer's toolkit right on the mobile phone.

• Improved standards support

  Opera Mobile 9.5 is the most standards compliant browser available. Opera Software remains steadfast in its commitment to make the Web accessible for all.

• Save pages and/or images

  With a click, simply save your selected content and view it later offline.

• A true Web experience

  Multitask with tabbed browsing, view content in widescreen, and enjoy small-screen rendering.

• Rich Web content

  Browse with the full richness of AJAX.

• Type less and browse more

  Save time with address auto-complete, Password Manager and pop-up handler.

• History and bookmarks

  Pick up past browsing sessions and bookmark them for next time.

• Upload contents

  Upload to Web sites such as online mail services or blogs.

Of course all the new versions claim to be faster so you will have to be the judge of that but there are some fairly significant enhancements. For one thing the developer's tools are cross-platform which will make development and testing even easier.

Unfortunately It won't run on my Verizon Blackberry (yet) so you folks will have to tell me how it does...

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