Thanks To Opera Mini 5 Beta- I Don’t Totally Hate Browsing On The Blackberry Bold
Posted on 16 September 2009, at 9:30 am, by Dan Cohen
Once you’ve use the iPhone’s Safari browser, all other mobile browsers (and even some desktop ones) seem barely usable. The Safari browser is that good. Yes, after using an iPhone exclusively for two years I have found that trying to browse on the Blackberry Bold is, at best, an unpleasant experience. Sure, it works, but that’s about all I can say for it.
Now, Opera has released a new version of their mobile browser — Opera Mini5 beta. I’ve been using it this morning, and I have to say… it’s not bad. In fact, it’s actually pretty good. No, actually, it is VERY good. In my opinion it still isn’t in the same league as the iPhone’s Safari browser, but it does have some excellent features. In fact, a few are BETTER than the iPhone’s. With password management, tabbed browsing, “speed dialing” for favorites and more, I can safely say that, at least in my initial look, this is the second best mobile browsing experience I’ve had.
Opera really has a contender here!
Here is a quick look via Cnet
If you want to try Opera Mini 5 beta out, visit the address m.opera.com/next using your phone’s default Web browser.
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September 16th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
The only concern I have with Opera Mini is an issue with one of its greatest advantages. The speed on it comes from the fact that Opera has servers that read the data and process it, compressing it prior to sending it to your handset – in essence, a proxy. This gives you amazing speed on your mobile device, but sacrifices security/privacy.
Any SSL-enabled site you may go to (your bank, PayPal, etc.) will be encrypted in communication from that site to the Opera servers, but it is decrypted there and then sent to you. Now, the connection between Opera’s servers and your mobile browser is also encrypted, but still, the information which is normally encrypted between you and the bank has been decrypted along the way by this third party.
See the Opera Mini FAQ under the heading Is there any end-to-end security between my handset and — for example — paypal.com or my bank?.