Sal Cangeloso provides a nice first look at the latest Opera Mobile version; v 8.65 hit the web yesterday although some recent devices already have this version. You’ll find a handful of UI tweaks and fixes in the change log but more important is the experience. Sal shares his experience by comparing the new Opera Mobile against Internet Explorer Mobile on the the HTC Advantage. Similar to what Jenn reported with her mobile browser comparison, Sal found Opera Mobile a much speedier application.
Opera included Flash Lite 2.1 and Flash 7 support with the new release, so that alone might nudge you to give it a free try for a month. It’s $24 to purchase after that which seems like a good deal if you surf on a Windows Mobile device often. If you only use the browser for a year, that’s $2 a month for a faster surfing experience, better display rendering and Flash support.
Note: if you need support for a non-English language in Opera Mobile 8.65, you’ll want to hold off on the download. As of the time of this writing, the Opera team notes a bug with non-English versions of Opera 8.65 WM and they’re working on a new build.
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