Opera Mobile 9.5 Video Demo

Opera have put up a video of the new Opera Mobile browser. The video shows the speed of the browser and how it compares to the Internet Explorer browser.

Opera Mobile gives you:

• A true Web experience optimized for mobile phones

• The ability to offer Web applications right on the idle screen

• The full richness of Web 2.0 services using AJAX

• Blazing speed with Opera’s Presto rendering engine

• Accelerated time to market with Opera Widgets

• A proven product with focus on innovation, quality and user experience

Opera Mobile 9.5 is for Smartphones only and will be available as a public Beta release soon for Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux handsets.

Until then you can check out the video.

Opera Mobile 9.5
Uploaded by operasoftware

More info and Official Opera Mobile 9.5 Demo Page

Skyfire Beta Reviewed by Brighthand

Ed Hardy of Brighthand has done a review of the very impressive "full" browser coming to Smartphones near you. Currently in Beta and only available for the US as I mentioned on Symbian in Motion, Ed has got his hands on it and given a nice quick review of it.
The outcome seems to be very positive, the browser is similar to the one found on the iPhone, but this one is aimed at Windows Mobile and Symbian handsets.



A quick excerpt from his review:

Skyfire acts generally like the iPhone browser. When you open a site, what you see is it shrunk down to fit on your smartphone's display. You can then tap on the screen to zoom in on sections of the page.

When I went to YouTube, what I saw was the full site, not a stripped down version. I selected a video and the page opened, and the video immediately began to play, with full motion and sound.

The full article can be found here.

For information on signing up for the Beta, head on over to my post on Symbian in Motion or the Skyfire website.