the one upside of this whole beta after beta thing, is that you can get the browser free, at least for touchscreen devices.
it would be good to get a new symbian release though.

what I don't understand is why not just make the refresh rate some common multiple of ALL common frame rates. If they are reaching 480Hx now, it should be easy.

It's probably because it doesn't work with screen interaction that it's hidden.

you do know that, before opera mini, there was opera mobile. and that the latest versions of it are, as you said "living locally" on the device.
opera mobile is much better that opera mini, it even supports activex plugins like flash if available (though considering they are written for ie...)
so yes, opera is working now on older devices

from the opera site (not counting the 9.5 beta which is like the diamond browser):

Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 5/6 PPC, Professional, Classic, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 5/6 Smartphone, Standard, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC, version 8.60u2
Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC, version 8.60u2

Opera Mobile for S60
S60 3.x, version 8.65
S60 2.x, version 8.65

heh, someone else saw that

wasn't there a patent sometime ago about displays which double as imaging devices? something like every pixel having a tiny camera or sensor and all those images where fused into a larger one.

actually, he wrote "never seen a BSOD" which, unless you use a screensaver or another piece of software which simulates them, is 100% true.
granted, he probably meant it's never crashed for him, but it still isn't the same as saying it never crashes.

I thought most new nokia phones had DSPs for media decoding. I remember reading about the original ngage havind a DSP for audio decoding (only accesible for first party software, which is why it was mentioned).
Yep, quick google search saw a couple mentions of them, even in some e series devices.

I redid the code by hand, now it should work for someone to read (my phone is notworking :'( )
http://www.4shared.com/file/63527038/3451b0f4/2d_code_in_iphone_3g.html

Hey! I did. Still have it as well. James Bond RPGs FTW!!!!!1!!!!one
(Actually, it IS weird, but in a funny way.)