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#4 mandt

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 10:01 AM

Looks impressive from the vid, Opera mini is great, but you can't beat a native app

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 10:02 AM

Looks most impressive, and I have a more comfortable feeling about this delivering on its promises than Skyfire, given that they're something of an unknown.

Microsoft dropped the ball by not upgrading PIE significantly in 6.1, so it's up to third parties to take up the slack. Opera impressed me with 8.65, and I'm hoping they do it again with 9.5.

For me, speed and compatibility is pretty much everything - I don't want a page to start to become unresponsive because it's too long, or loaded with javascript.

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 11:41 AM

This looks great, it expands on Opera Mini, my current browser of choice. I'm sure I'll be buying this when its released.

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 12:09 PM

Couple of questions.

1. When is this going to be released?

2. Will there be an upgrade available to plus members?

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 12:24 PM

this is very exciting, pleased they demoed it with the guardian site, that's painfully slow on PIE, bring on the BETA!

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 12:57 PM

deadphill, on Feb 5 2008, 12:09, said:

Couple of questions.

1. When is this going to be released?

2. Will there be an upgrade available to plus members?

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1. 'Spring'!

2. Hopefully, but we'll know for sure when it launches

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 02:36 PM

Paul (MVP), on Feb 5 2008, 12:57, said:

1. 'Spring'!

P

Which year?

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 03:24 PM

Rendered pages always make me flintch. Why not live active pages? We have the speeds now. I understand the small screen presents a problem...but why not a browser that simply scales down a page for the phone...with a zoom-in option (On your PC...Hold CTRL down on your keyboard and scroll your mouse to see what I mean.)

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 07:29 PM

Looks great.

If a good WinMo devices comes out with a 640x480 display, I might just be tempted!

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 08:26 PM

I am ecstatic about this. It looks absolutely incredible and I cannot wait for its release.

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 09:50 PM

as a dj/producer i get the latest mp3's to review online a quick connection on a flash based site is something i need from a browser. opera and ie aint always reliable

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Posted 06 February 2008 - 12:55 PM

Let's hope it does live up with the expectations.
I was left disappointed with OM 8.65.... slow, buggy, not customizable at all, messed up 90% of pages with incorrect font size rendering, images getting constantly unloaded and reloaded all over the page, bad memory management, cache control that Simply Doesn't Work and can't be disabled.... etc etc etc I can go on for a while...

Overall, the latest NetFront 3.4 build does better than opera in most areas... let's see if OM 9.5 will be better than the upcoming NF 3.5 ...

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Posted 06 February 2008 - 03:23 PM

How exactly do they go from 8.65 to 9.5? What's all that about? What happened to 9.0?

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Posted 06 February 2008 - 07:12 PM

finisterre, on Feb 6 2008, 15:23, said:

How exactly do they go from 8.65 to 9.5? What's all that about? What happened to 9.0?

I think they're trying to keep it in line with the windows desktop version. I almost downloaded it thinking it was the wm beta <_<

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Posted 06 February 2008 - 09:36 PM

The best thing Microsoft could do to catch up to the iPhone would be to buy Opera and replace pIE with Opera Mobile 9.5. That has to be the #1 most needed fix for Win Mobile.

Have you had the chance to play with an iPhone? It's great! It really is. I love my S710, but the User Interface and Browser on the iPhone are really good.

Everyone knows that Windows Mobile is only OK out of the box, and is great once 3rd party software is added. Microsoft should just buy some 3rd party applications and include them.

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Posted 06 February 2008 - 11:08 PM

Why dont companies just wait until u can get the product before they promote it.

Talk of version 9 has been on opera.com for months and months and it looks like it'll be months before we get it

TomTom are just as bad - they had a promo site up 2 years before the first tomtom product and still contine to promote new porduct months and months before release

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 09:47 AM

kaf, on Feb 6 2008, 23:08, said:

Why dont companies just wait until u can get the product before they promote it.

Because they all learned from IBM - they want to create FUD

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 09:32 PM

Confucious, on Feb 7 2008, 09:47, said:

Because they all learned from IBM - they want to create FUD

Say what? Announcing a product you made is FUD? Should no products ever be announced until they are actually available? Should the Nintendo Wii have been kept a complete secret until late 2006? Should no one ever be talking about upcoming products?

Huh?

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