Despite being the obvious choice for WinMo browsing,�Opera Mobile�9.5 is far from perfect. That said, the next release,�due in a few months, might even put the likes of Mobile Safari to shame.
How's that, exactly? For one,�Flash Lite�will be supported, opening up a plethora of previously inaccessible streaming video sites.�Google Gears�will provide offline Google web apps and better performance, competing with the upcoming�Offline Gmail feature�bound for WebKit-based browsers.�OpenGL ES�hardware acceleration will add a missing fluidity to movements, assuming your phone has 3D hardware and drivers (like most HTC handsets). Most importantly, 9.7 will have the option to connect to�Opera Turbo, the content compression service used in�Opera Mini, which does a lot to knock down loading times for a small sacrifice in image quality.
Fans of�Skyfire�might notice that these features�excluding Gears�are all available on their browser already. True! But one thing isn't: proper VGA and WVGA support, which prevents it from being usable on�every desirable�Windows Mobile�phone, period. So basically, this is very good news. [Opera Mobile�via�Information Week]
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