Opera Mobile 8.5 Beta for Pocket PC released

Alexander Turcic · 01-18-2006, 05:29 AM

That Opera has been working on a dedicated Pocket PC browser isn't exactly a secret being kept under lock and key, but it's breaking news that a 45-day trial beta is now officially available for download. Unlike the version that leaked earlier, this beta includes binaries for Windows Mobile 5.0 as well as 2003. From the press release:

"Ever since we released Opera 8 for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone in June 2005, people have been asking for Opera for their Pocket PCs," says Christen Krogh, VP Engineering, Opera Software. "We are very pleased to offer the latest version of Opera Mobile to Pocket PC owners, so they may finally have a proper Web experience on their devices."

"Opera Mobile 8.5 for Pocket PC offers unmatched speed and usability, which is why we included it on our latest Sharp W- ZERO3 flagship device for the advanced Japanese market" says Tadasu Tsuchihashi, Executive director, Willcom INC. "Thanks to Opera Mobile's unique rendering technology the Web surfing experience on Pocket PC devices is now remarkably close to that of a PC."

Related: Opera Mobile 8.5 for WM 5.0 leaked

Laurens · 01-18-2006, 07:02 AM

Just gave it a spin. One MAJOR annoyance is that there's no ability to reconfigure the keys. The up/down keys move between links, rather than page up/down as you would expect. I don't see any way to reconfigure this. Other than that, it seems to work pretty well.

01-18-2006, 05:29 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Opera Mobile 8.5 Beta for Pocket PC released That Opera has been working on a dedicated Pocket PC browser isn't exactly a secret being kept under lock and key, but it's breaking news that a 45-day trial beta is now officially available for download. Unlike the version that leaked earlier, this beta includes binaries for Windows Mobile 5.0 as well as 2003. From the press release: "Ever since we released Opera 8 for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone in June 2005, people have been asking for Opera for their Pocket PCs," says Christen Krogh, VP Engineering, Opera Software. "We are very pleased to offer the latest version of Opera Mobile to Pocket PC owners, so they may finally have a proper Web experience on their devices." "Opera Mobile 8.5 for Pocket PC offers unmatched speed and usability, which is why we included it on our latest Sharp W- ZERO3 flagship device for the advanced Japanese market" says Tadasu Tsuchihashi, Executive director, Willcom INC. "Thanks to Opera Mobile's unique rendering technology the Web surfing experience on Pocket PC devices is now remarkably close to that of a PC." Related: Opera Mobile 8.5 for WM 5.0 leaked

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01-18-2006, 07:02 AM	#2
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	Just gave it a spin. One MAJOR annoyance is that there's no ability to reconfigure the keys. The up/down keys move between links, rather than page up/down as you would expect. I don't see any way to reconfigure this. Other than that, it seems to work pretty well.

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