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Opera Mini 5 Coming Soon To A BlackBerry Near You?

by Bla1ze on 14 Sep 2009 08:12 AM
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Opera Mobile 5 Coming Soon?

We sure hope so. It has been a while since we have heard anything big from the folks over at Opera. Their Opera Mini web browser was and still is a favorite of many BlackBerry users, though over the past six months has taken a bit of a back seat to other third party BlackBerry web browsers like Bolt Browser and SkyFire's alpha/beta testing. Over the past few days though the Opera hype machine has been going crazy as Opera posted a rather omnious image on their site, and then began revealing the above image piece by piece.

Clearly, a new Opera mobile browser is on its way, but will we be seeing it on BlackBerry soon? Time will tell I guess, but here is one thing I'm willing to bet on. We'll see a new Opera Mini on BlackBerry before we see RIM do ANYTHING with their acquisiton of Torch mobile.

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Posted by BigTechTony Monday, Sep 14, 2009 984 days ago

4.2 has been super and I wonder what Opera may add. Crossing fingers!!!

 
 
Posted by Dave0373 Monday, Sep 14, 2009 984 days ago

Let us hope that this update offers better touch screen support and flash.

 
 
Posted by sevenblisters Monday, Sep 14, 2009 984 days ago

I'm a Storm addict and I have yet to try the Opera browser. Just by what I've read on this forum, I just don't feel like messing with it. Firefox has treated me well. Perhaps when this comes out though I'll be all over it.

 
 
Posted by pkn068 Monday, Sep 14, 2009 984 days ago

Firefox doesn't have a browser compatible with BB. Maybe read up on Opera Mini some more. There are some things to get used to but once past the learning curve you'll appreciate it a whole lot more than ter native browser.

 
 
Posted by quailallstar Monday, Sep 14, 2009 984 days ago

Nice! Can't wait for this to hit.

 
 
Posted by Thrashunreal Monday, Sep 14, 2009 984 days ago

I just recently downloaded Bolt after a few months using Opera. I find it faster, but definitely does not compare to opera in terms of ability. Bolt has no zoom in or out function, so you are often squinting to read very small text. Also, Bolt is still in Beta form so you will experience a lot of glitches.

My advice stick to Opera.

 
 
Posted by Efstathio Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

I actually find Opera faster, at least when I compared it to loading the crackberry.com site.

 
 
Posted by goodleader Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

good job opera, shame on you RIM

 
 
Posted by techlyc Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

Can anyone tell what phone is in the puzzle picture @ http://www.opera.com/next/? Tell me that isn't an iPhone...

 
 
Posted by wahtx Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

Either an iPhone or a Storm...

 
 
Posted by steven_a1991 Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

This will be great...

 
 
Posted by Orcares Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

The top corner is too sharp to be a BlackBerry. Bleh...

 
 
Posted by Orcares Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

Actually, it doesnt' look like an iPhone either. But the corner is definitely too sharp for a BlackBerry.

 
 
Posted by Skyeclad Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

Is the big news that Apple has accepted OM or what OM can do? It seems like the big news is that platform OM is being introduced to and if so, then I'm going with that this is an Iphone. It doesn't look like a Storm to me and even though the edge might be even a little sharp for an Iphone it's more likely just a trick of the angle that the pic is taken at.

Funny thing is that there doesn't appear to be much on that screen.

 
 
Posted by Orcares Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

The iPhone doesn't have phone answer and end buttons at the bottom like the Storm does though, right? Look by the guys right thumb at the bottom. There you'll see what looks to be the edge of a handset icon for answering calls (just barely), similar to what you find on the Storm. But, I still don't think it's a Storm either... Time will tell I guess.

 
 
Posted by vinylasphalt Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

thats the iphone.
one day ill have a worthwhile browser on my Berry...one day

 
 
Posted by GrandWorks Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

I sure hope not! I'm going to be very disappointed if thats what this hype is about.

 
 
Posted by JessJ85 Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

Right by the O i see a little silver and black phone ish looking like a BB !!

 
 
Posted by cdf3 Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

I hope they come up with an update for the BlackBerry platform. I'm hoping they will allow us to organize Bookmarks into Folders like the Bolt browser.

 
 
Posted by vinylasphalt Monday, Sep 14, 2009 983 days ago

They changed it from
"Coming very soon: the next generation in mobile browsing"
to
"Opera Mini 5 coming soon"

 
 
Posted by Anderson2218 Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 983 days ago

its the samsung SGH-F480

 
 
Posted by la2atl Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 983 days ago

I can't wait. Opera Mini is a great browser.

 
 
Posted by walteroster934 Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 981 days ago

Yep! Works great on Nokia 5800. Personally I didn't expect Opera to put tabbed browsing in Mini, and keep it as a premium feature for Opera Mobile. I appreciate that! http://www.Start-an-Internet-business.net