Articles Tagged “Opera”

App Roundup: The Best Web Browsers For Android

by Glenn Santos on Oct 19, 2011 6 Comments">6

The built-in browser might suit your needs but you’re really missing out on a lot if you’re not using one of the browsers we have listed below. Best of all, they’re all (mostly) free.

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Tab-optimized Mozilla Firefox for Android Ready for Testing; Opera Mobile Web Browser Officially Supports Honeycomb

by Elmer Montejo on Sep 14, 2011 4 Comments">4

Just about two weeks ago, the team developing the Android tablet-optimized version of one of the world’s most popular Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, gave a sneak peek into some of the features of the upcoming tablet version of the Firefox for Android app. Two weeks after, the team releases the first nightly builds of the browser that can now be installed by users for testing purposes. The app is only for the bold and not for the faint of heart, as it is still in the Nightly stage, which, according to development team member Ian Barlow, is a “very early …

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Android Apps Your Phone Should Have

by Edmund Apostol on Sep 05, 2011 8 Comments">8

There are a total of more than 150,000 Android apps out on the market now. The overwhelmingly huge amount of application choices can be mind-boggling to a new Android phone user. Here is an attempt to make the decision a little easier. Presented below are some apps that by their features and popularity can be labeled as ‘must-haves’. They cover most of the common uses and aspects of an Android phone from basic operation to entertainment and security. Customization Apps 1. Free Advanced Task Manager As the name says, this program enables you to accomplish the basic routines quickly without eating …

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The Best Games & Apps For Your Android Honeycomb Tablet

by Glenn Santos on Apr 12, 2011 5 Comments">5

Getting a tablet that runs Android is neat, but to really make the most out of your new Honeycomb-fueled wonder device, you need to run apps built specially for it. The blown-up look of regular apps won’t cut it, plus you need the best apps to really crank up the gadget envy from your friends and co-workers. Here are a few apps that both make excellent use of the greater screen real estate as well as taking good advantage of the extra Tegra 2 dual-core horsepower of your new tablet. The Best Games for Honeycomb Tablets AirAttack HD (lite version, £1.79 to …

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Opera Mini 5.1 for Android now available

by Michelle Ruhfass on Jul 14, 2010 0 Comments">0

Today Opera has taken its Opera Mini web browser for Android smartphones out of beta. Opera Mini 5.1 is expected to offer a richer and better performing web browsing experience while on the go and now allows users to set Opera Mini as the default browser for surfing the net and also has bolstered page layout on Android devices with with large screens. Opera Mini is available now via the Android Market or m.opera.com for free.

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Opera Mini 5 Beta available on Android

by James Tromans on Mar 11, 2010 1 Comments">1

Opera Mini is probably the most popular mobile web browser out there. It makes sense that Android has now received the anticipated upgrade to Opera Mini 5. To put things into perspective, Opera Mobile 4 was made available for Android just over a year ago and since then it has been widely used as an alternative to the native Android browser on most Android based phones or devices. The most noteable updates include the tabbed browsing, which has been available for the Symbian phone version for a while. Indeed, pretty much every smartphone browser supports this now anyway. Also, you …

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Opera Mobile 10 coming to Android

by James Tromans on Feb 11, 2010 0 Comments">0

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An exciting press release from Opera suggests that we can look forward to Opera Mini running on Android very soon. As you may be aware, MWC takes place next week from the 15 February. “The GSMA GSM Association Mobile WorldCongress is the combination of the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a congress featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, vendors and content owners from across the world.” This is always a great event and a perfect place for Opera to reveal their latest revelations. Opera will unveil a host of other Opera-powered devices at its exhibit. Check …

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Opera Mobile coming to Android, says Opera CEO

by Michael Oryl on Aug 05, 2009 2 Comments">2

Opera’s CEO, Jon von Tetzchner, told PCMag.com today that his company is currently working on a version of Opera Mobile for the Android platform. The Opera Mobile browser is already available on Symbian and Windows Mobile, and is a pretty nice browsing platform, to be sure. But it remains to be seen whether or not people will care on Android, which already has a very nice Webkit-based web browser of its own. In any case, von Tetzchner only said that the company was working on a version of Opera Mobile for Android, and did not promise that it would actually …

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Opera Mini 4.2 for Android now ready

by Michael Oryl on Jan 28, 2009 2 Comments">2

Our friend Eric Zeman over at PhoneScoop.com received an email from Opera last night with a list of Android related bug fixes addressed in the 4.2 version of Opera Mini. The fixes should make the browser much more viable for Android users, though I have to admit that I have yet to try it out myself. According to Opera, the major fixes include: Access to the SD card for uploading and downloading, and for saving pages Video playback hand-off, when needed, to the OS Double tap zoom and unzoom Built-in URL input box Corrected password entry handling Fixed problems with …

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Opera offers up Mini browser for Android platform

by Darcy LaCouvee on Apr 10, 2008 0 Comments">0

Today Opera announced that it has developed a version of the Opera Mini web browser for the Google Android platform. This early preview version of Mini for Android can be downloaded from the Opera Labs website. Opera is asking for feedback from the Android developer community so that it can prepare for making a true beta version of the application available. Opera’s Chris Mills has posted additional information on the Opera Labs website, explaining why the company chose to develop for Android, as well as how they went about it technically. Due to resource limits, it seems that Opera chose …

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