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Download Opera Mobile 10 beta for Nokia and Symbian Smartphones

on November 3, 2009 – 12:40 pm14 Comments

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Opera Mini 5 Beta is one of the best mobile browsers out in the market and we totally love using it over a slow GPRS connection.  But the app is slow on even high-end phones because its based on Java. Now get ready for some serious mobile browsing on your Nokia or any other Symbian smartphone -  You can now Download Opera Mobile 10 beta which is a native S60 application.  We tested the app on a Nokia 5800 (touchscreen phone) and a E52 ( non touch) and the app certainly kicks ass and is a zillion times faster than the mini 5 beta. It features the same speed dial found in the desktop browser, support for multiple tabs, contextual menus and a lot more.

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This product has been due for quite some time as the last version of the native Symbian app was 9.7. Jon von Tetzchner,CEO of Opera Software told us that a lot of the code has been written from scratch and a lot of work has gone into development of Opera Mobile 10 and Opera Mini 5. We will have a video of the interview coming up soon.

Press Release

Mobile browsing revolution: now available for Nokia smartphones
brings powerful features to world’s most-used smartphone platform

Oslo, Norway – November 3, 2009 – Opera Software today unveiled the beta
of Opera Mobile 10 for Nokia and other Symbian/S60 handsets. Most notable
in the new Opera Mobile 10 beta is a sleek design, which Opera first
introduced to the world in the recent release of Opera Mini 5 beta. The
crisp, new look introduces the Speed Dial, tabbed browsing and the always
convenient password manager to Opera Mobile. Opera Mobile 10 beta is
optimized for both touchscreen and keypad-style navigation and is
available for free from http://www.opera.com/mobile/next/.

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Performance was prioritized in this beta. It is twice as fast as the
previous Opera Mobile released for Symbian/S60, and users will discover
significant speed improvement when downloading pages, zooming and panning.
Opera Turbo is also integrated, saving end users both time and money with
its server-side compression technology.

“Today’s powerful smartphones deserve an equally powerful browser, like
Opera,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “This beta continues
our work to extend the desktop Web experience to mobile phones, allowing
users to surf the Web without limitations, even while on-the-go. No matter
the device in use, Opera delivers a faster, easier and hassle-free Web
experience.”

Feature details
Fresh design – Alongside the new Opera Mini 5, Opera has revamped
the look and feel of its mobile-browser portfolio to ensure that it is
simple and intuitive, making mobile Web browsing easier than ever.

Desktop favorites on the mobile phone – Opera desktop feature favorites,
including tabbed browsing, Speed Dial and password manager, make it easier
for you to surf on the go by reducing the time and effort it takes to get
to a Web site.

Advanced compatibility – Opera Mobile 10 beta uses the very latest
generation
of the Opera browser engine, ensuring that all your favorite Web sites and
applications work exactly the way they do on a desktop computer.

Availability
Opera Mobile 10 beta is available for Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung
smartphones running Symbian/S60, 3rd and 5th editions. The beta is free to
download to your computer from http://www.opera.com/mobile/next/ or
directly to your mobile phone from http://m.opera.com/mobile.

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  • Steve

    Thanks FoneArena Team, I’m downloading it now. I’ll let you know how I get on with it and if I find any problems, I’ll be sure to keep note of them.

    Looking forward to trying this out on my N97 as the in-built browser is very quirky and crashes a fair bit.

  • Prosenjitz

    Hi,
    Thanks for the great news! I’ve already downloaded it and enjoying it. please let me know if this Opera Mobile 10, will be a free software, when out of beta.
    thanks a ton in advance!

    • http://www.fonearena.com Varun Krish

      We think it might go paid when its out of beta .. but i’m sure the final features will have more features and will be worth the price

  • Satya

    Thanks for this update and info. Opera has always been a good browser in comparison of the Traditional one. I have just downloaded the Opera 10 beta and it is really a kickass app. I’d also used the beta5 which really sucked, even I felt using 4.2 instead of having Beta5 which was more convenient. But this time Opera team has created a Masterpiece app for WBrowsing. It really rocks. I have got the all 3 version; Opera4.2, mini 5 & 10, but now I think using 10 will be all and all.
    Lastly thank you very much to FONEARENA Team who brings the all information happening all around and I’m totally depended on you guys for news and alerts related to Mobtech and new things available for us. Cheers:)

  • Steve

    Working great so far for me. Now all I need is for Nokia to release the firmware upgrade that will allow me to watch flash video (not flash lite). Having the ability to watch Flash Lite is great, but I’ve not been able to find any resource that says what sites are using the Lite version, so I’m a bit depressed, haha.

  • http://ladycrucial.wapsite.me lady

    it also l0oks like operamini 5.0 beta..huhm..how we wish it will be improved and become capable for streaming..the only disadvantage of this new released is that it takes big RAM of our cellphones..but thanks for the updates..more power to Opera Team..

  • Ken

    Opera mobile 10 is fast but Opera mini 5 looks to be better browser for nokia 5800 at least because of one simple feature. If you are bottom of web page on mini 5 tap the top toolbar and you you are back at top of page. Mobile 10 does not allow this. (prob when finished version is released it will have all these features) Also if its installed on phone with less than 20Mb phone memory the app hangs. On 5800 with no other apps installed its works fine. This browser or the mini version at least should be preinstalled on all nokias. In time mobiles will have more ram and this will rock. Fastest mobile web browser there is. Great work.

  • http://www.r4-ds-karte.ch r4ds

    opera 10 look so nice and awesome The design of phone look so attractive and color combination also look very nice and cool.This gadget has very different functionality and very advance technology also used in it.

  • Jegan.L

    cool

  • Saikat

    Opera Mobile 10 always crashes in Nokia 5800. It either just locks the screen or hangs while loading some websites. However, Opera Mini 5 works fine.

  • http://www.facebook.com ADETOLA FRM EJIGBO

    hi if lf is alway as beautiful as opera then crime will be no more. sincerely u rock steady. i hv opera 4.9 on phone which is rocking d spaces i wi5 try 5beta and gv my comments.on it. pls if iam browsing on my 4.9 and cal enter d whole things get back,WHY!

  • vk kalia

    it is so fine

  • http://no vk kalia

    it is excellent

  • Eyaaad

    thaaaaaaaaanx