http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/ Engadget Comments for Opera 8.5 beta for Windows Mobile Pocket PC released http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 18th 2006 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 18th 2006 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 18th 2006 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/
So far it's running great. No horizontal scroll bars. Very, very fast. Just what I've been waiting for.

Note that this beta only has a 45 day trial period.]]>Jan 18th 2006 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 18th 2006 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/As a web developer I've always disliked how Opera so poorly handles most web pages and javascript, all while hiding behind the veil of "w3 compliance", which the web left far behind years ago. Even google.com's start page has 50 errors on it. Opera handles Google fine of course, but when it fails on other pages that IE and firefox like, Opera proponents blame the page.

Still, anyone tried it in 240*240 on a treo 700w yet? PIE is stable and fast but has a crappy UI. I'll gladly switch if opera's gotten its act together.



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NetFront is worth checking out too.]]>Jan 18th 2006 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 18th 2006 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.google.com/ig in landscape mode [this page doesn't render right on my i730 in portrait]) Definitely better than PIE, NetFront, and Mimio's current releases.

I'd like to see support for storing cache on a storage card (maybe it's there already, haven't looked too hard yet), the ability to disable javascript (it's great that it works, but on a lot of pages it is pointless to have it even try on such a small screen), and some enhanced tap-and-hold menus.

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However, it slows to a crawl when scrolling even simple websites... so for now I'm stuck with PIE :(]]>Jan 18th 2006 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 18th 2006 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/
AARRGG!!!]]>Jan 18th 2006 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/
I havnt had any lag scroll that im not used to, it seems to load images when they scroll in view, i assume to save resources, there isnt a image save function nor copy shortcuts or flash. Ohyea, it reloads the page completely when i switch to landscape mode. Overall it works very good and engadget finally renders correctly, i will most likely buy it on final release if they fix it up.]]>Jan 18th 2006 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/
Opera is actually a company that listens to it's users. The main reason it's in public beta is because they want user feedback. Please go on Opera's forums at http://my.opera.com/community/forums/

Post your comments about the new release there, you all are smart enough to find your way.]]>Jan 19th 2006 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/
I am on the i730 and it works great so far.

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For all of those that want to install it somewhere else - I use CabInst to install everything - that way I choose where it goes!]]>Jan 20th 2006 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 20th 2006 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/opera-8-5-beta-for-windows-mobile-pocket-pc-released/Jan 24th 2006 4:17PM