Comments on: Opera mini 4.2 comes to the G1 and out of beta

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:56:23 +0000

Not sure if its just a problem with the UK market, but I can still only see the beta for Opera Mini.

I had a go on the beta a couple of days ago http://ping.fm/NrQqs and wasn't that impressed, even though I really wanted to be. It feels like a very competent mobile browser which is good; however the built in browser feels like a limited desktop browser - and even a crippled desktop browser wins over a mobile browser IMO.

I'll keep it installed, but I'll probably only use it when I'm either very low on battery or have something to do that the built in browser just can't cope with (like unicode text entry).

By: jdbradford

jdbradford — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:27:09 +0000

This is really cool. It does 2 significant things

1. Makes browsing on a non-3G network usable
2. Restricting access to 2G will also improve the battery life of the G1 – take that iPhone

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:56:23 +0000

By: jdbradford

jdbradford — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:27:09 +0000

This is really cool. It does 2 significant things

1. Makes browsing on a non-3G network usable
2. Restricting access to 2G will also improve the battery life of the G1 – take that iPhone

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:56:23 +0000

By: jdbradford

jdbradford — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:27:09 +0000

This is really cool. It does 2 significant things

1. Makes browsing on a non-3G network usable
2. Restricting access to 2G will also improve the battery life of the G1 – take that iPhone