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Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 for J2ME and Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 for Windows Mobile and Symbian released

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 AM

Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 was just released and is available for just about ever single mobile phone on the planet. New features include the ability to download files using a brand spanking new download manager, Opera Link to synchronize your bookmarks and notes between Opera Mini and Opera for your desktop computer, progressive loading, and many bug fixes.

What is progressive loading? According to the Opera Mini blog:

Progressive loading means that pages you load are sent to your device in ‘chunks’. Previously in Opera Mini, your page would be displayed once the entire page has reached your device. However, now your browsing experience will be faster and better, just like on your desktop! Please note that progressive loading only works using the socket protocol. Your connection will default to socket if possible.

Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 for Symbian and Windows Mobile was also released, and includes the features listed above.

To download either of these versions, just open your mobile browser and type in m.opera.com/next

I’ve always loved Opera Mini, recommended it to everyone, and have been using it as my browser of choice for years. Check out my review of Opera Mini 5 Beta 1 here.

[Via: Press Release]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Sachin

    Im terribly disappointed with the download manager in beta 2 … as long as therez a download in progress i cant do anything else… cant browse pages, cant simultaneously run 2 downloads… it just sucks coz i have to wit till the download completes before i can do ANYTHING else!!!! am i the olny 1 suffering?? help

  • H82typ

    Good Lord! What do you want from a J2ME app.? Full desktop functionality? :faint: