This article titled “Apps rush: Say What?!, City Trading, Boxee for iPad and more” was written by Stuart Dredge, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 10th August 2011 12.39 Asia/Calcutta
As we all know, Opera is the master of mobile internet browsing. I have installed Opera Mobile 10 which is a symbian version and worked flawlessly on Nokia 5800. The entire layout and user interface which appears on Nokia 5800 gives a feel as if you are not browsing on a handset.
This version of Opera is much more stable than previous versions. The kind of functionalities that have been included is really useful and power packed. Features like to copy text on your webpage, webpage save option, password save option, Download files with Opera 10 are just fantastic.
You can set your own preferences like, page magnification value, full screen option, Opera Turbo option and a whole bunch of other settings. I browsed through our entire blog, other websites on Opera 10 and it did not even crash once. The load time for pages was as usual very fast and optimized to eat up as less data as possible.
Its time to say bye bye to the nasty phone browser. I recommand installing Opera 10 on your mobile phones.
A first-class mobile Web experience
Opera provides a brand-new look and feel in a class of its own with smooth animations and visually appealing graphics. The Opera rendering engine displays complete Web pages, just like on your computer, and is fully standards-compliant.
Switching between open Web pages is a snap with tabs, and Speed Dial launches your favorite Web sites with a single click.
Opera’s well-designed user interface has you navigating gracefully and efficiently on both touchscreen and keypad devices. The browser comfortably adjusts to your needs by switching between portrait and landscape mode and also lets you adjust the font size for easier reading.
The Web has never been so fast on your phone. Opera’s streamlined rendering engine and server-side compression allows Opera to load Web pages much more quickly than other mobile phone browsers. Features, such as the address bar, shortcut keys and touchscreen control, save you time and effort when performing
basic tasks, such as entering addresses or scrolling rapidly through pages.
User experience
Multitask with tabs
Keep several pages open at the same time and easily switch between them using tabs – just as you would on your desktop computer. On touchscreen devices, visual tabs even allow you to see a preview of the open pages you can select.
Feel at ease on any device
The user interface has been designed for both touchscreen and keypad-style mobile phones. Scroll and pan at warp speed with your keypad or flick the touchscreen to use kinetic scrolling for long pages.
Instant access to your favorite Web sites
See your top Web sites visually laid out on your screen in Speed Dial and load each of them with a quick tap. It is easy to add your preferred pages to Speed Dial, and you even can synchronize them with your desktop, using Opera Link.
Enter addresses with far less typing
Effortlessly enter addresses thanks to our sophisticated URL auto-completion. Opera intelligently guesses what URL you are typing in the address field, allowing you to start loading that site after entering only a few letters. Your bookmarks and previously visited addresses also appear in a list as you type,
so you can select the one you want.
Read the largest pages comfortably
Even pages designed for large screens are easy to read on your mobile phone, with text wrapping, which ensures that you can read most content without having to scroll sideways.
Your view where you need it
When moving around large, complex Web pages, Opera will stop just where it needs to, snapping the view to the column you want to read.
Type without losing focus
Entering text into your browser with a touchscreen phone just got easier. On phones where the default touchscreen keyboard provides a less-than-optimal user experience, you can use Opera’s virtual keyboard to type and edit information without ever leaving the page you are viewing.
Make the most of your screen
Take advantage of every pixel that your phone’s screen has to offer with Opera’s fullscreen mode. The address bar and toolbars disappear until they are needed, allowing you to see more of the page you are viewing.
Get a better view
Opera smartly fits Web pages to your screen when you visit a site, showing you an overview of the site. To get a close-up view and begin reading, a simple tap or button press is all that is required to zoom in exactly where you want to look.
