Opera Mobile is a browser almost everyone has come across, be it using a basic Nokia handset ('barely' internet enabled) to the old Windows Mobile devices and then Nokia's lost Symbian (Series 50, 40) OS as well. Opera Mobile has a Mini version, which runs on Java and runs faster, albeit with reduced functionality (you don't miss that much). What made these browsers shine (and still make them tick) is the excellent web compression technology used by Opera. Thus, the actual data downloaded by users is reduced and saves them some of their data limit, or simply enables faster browsing. Opera is now getting ready to release their next Opera browser, dubbed the Opera Ice Browser.
Opera Ice Browser
Opera browser is seeing some changes. A particularly interesting one is the switch from Opera's Presto to the WebKit engine which is used by browsers such as Chrome as well as Apple's Safari. Opera Ice Browser will also move to a more modern form of communication with an app, i.e. gestures to control the app rather than simply touching on screen labels and buttons. The tabs that we love will now be simply replaced by icons on the home screen display.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ADZbdxyvoOY
Opera Ice for Android and iOS
Opera will launch their Ice browser for Android and iOS next month. We believe that Opera will showcase their latest and greatest off at MWC (Mobile World Congress) next month, February 2013.
As of now, there is no word on development for a Windows Phone 8 or Blackberry 10 version, but they aren't ruled out as such. Opera will launch the desktop version of their browser a month later, in March.
Importance of Opera Ice Mini
Opera is paying particular importance to Mini. They believe that while Mini is a great browser, it lacks features that make it incompatible with many websites, and doesn't allow it to complete compete with industry benchmarks such as Chrome and Safari. Opera wishes to change that with Opera Ice Mini.
Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera
"We need to focus on getting strong products out on iOS and Android. These are the two leading platforms we will focus on… They are the ones phones are being sold for.Opera mini is great, but it is not a fully-fledged offering like Chrome or Safari. There are too many sites it doesn't work with. Mini is super important … It needs to be a platform where we create users and then migrate those users to over to our smartphone products."
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Opera Ice Browser
Opera browser is seeing some changes. A particularly interesting one is the switch from Opera's Presto to the WebKit engine which is used by browsers such as Chrome as well as Apple's Safari. Opera Ice Browser will also move to a more modern form of communication with an app, i.e. gestures to control the app rather than simply touching on screen labels and buttons. The tabs that we love will now be simply replaced by icons on the home screen display.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ADZbdxyvoOY
Opera Ice for Android and iOS
Opera will launch their Ice browser for Android and iOS next month. We believe that Opera will showcase their latest and greatest off at MWC (Mobile World Congress) next month, February 2013.
As of now, there is no word on development for a Windows Phone 8 or Blackberry 10 version, but they aren't ruled out as such. Opera will launch the desktop version of their browser a month later, in March.
Importance of Opera Ice Mini
Opera is paying particular importance to Mini. They believe that while Mini is a great browser, it lacks features that make it incompatible with many websites, and doesn't allow it to complete compete with industry benchmarks such as Chrome and Safari. Opera wishes to change that with Opera Ice Mini.
Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera
"We need to focus on getting strong products out on iOS and Android. These are the two leading platforms we will focus on… They are the ones phones are being sold for.Opera mini is great, but it is not a fully-fledged offering like Chrome or Safari. There are too many sites it doesn't work with. Mini is super important … It needs to be a platform where we create users and then migrate those users to over to our smartphone products."
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