Opera Mini 5 beta comes to Android

Though its pure Java and BlackBerry counterparts had gone live late last year, Opera's Android version of the Opera Mini 5 beta has been missing in action -- until now. As far as we can tell, the new cut is a dead ringer for its cousins on other platforms, bringing all of 5's new features including the so-called "speed dial" bookmark browser, tabbing, and an integrated password manager. We've had just a little bit of time to check it out so far, and our initial impression is that it's wicked fast and renders just like you'd expect Opera Mini to, but the downside -- and this is a big one for Android users on newer devices -- is that it doesn't appear to support multitouch. The new version is available for download today.

[shizzledmg Posted Mar 11th 2010 2:41AM]

at least it a magnify function would be nice, especially for forms or login forms.

[zf125 Posted Mar 11th 2010 11:07PM]

@shizzledmg Umm... if you double tap it will zoom...

[scioncas Posted Mar 11th 2010 2:43AM]

let me get this straight, is this a browser that is supposed to be fast? that is now available on Android?

[shizzledmg Posted Mar 11th 2010 2:55AM]

okay, i've tested it now on a few sites, gaiaonline.com (hardcore javascriptorama) and engadget, it's absolutely not so fast, even the dolphin browser is much faster, and the html structure of any site is very strange with opera 5 mini.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2010 3:26AM]

Well, no multitouch support...

[sockatume Posted Mar 11th 2010 5:45AM]

Got enough notifications up there?

[palomosan Posted Mar 11th 2010 7:03AM]

I guess I'll continue to use Xscope light until something better comes out, you need multitouch on seflphones, specially on browsers.

[palomosan Posted Mar 11th 2010 7:04AM]

I meant Cellphones.

[dudeguylikesandroid Posted Mar 11th 2010 9:37AM]

omg, you naysayers. no one cares about multi-touch. literally you are the only people that make a stink about it.