Word on the street is Opera Mini, personally my favorite third party mobile web browser for BlackBerry, especially the BlackBerry Storm and Storm2, will launch in BlackBerry App World this quarter.
“I was on the phone with Philip Gronvold, US Manager of Business Development at Opera Software recently, and he told me Opera Mini will be available in App World during this quarter. Apparently, the news is already public and was casually slipped into a press release somewhere, but I can’t find it from Google“, says Kyle McInnes from Blackberry Cool..
I see that Opera Mini has a beta out now. Has anyone actually tried the beta version? I heard a few people say that it is better than the BB browser even though it is beta.
The opera mini 5 beta 2 is 1000000x better than the native browser. Not only is the 5.0 beta better, the older 4.2 is MUUUCH better as well! I suggest checking it out asap.
I have been using the opera mini 5 beta 2 for some time, now (a couple of months?), and it really is 100 times better than the native browser. For me, the simple fact that it has tabs makes it a compulsory install. It has some minor quirks, but I would not consider using the native browser anymore. Haven’t found any situation yet where the native browser would be preferable.
I’ve been spoiled with the browsers from the Pre, iPhone, and my Nexus One. I adore my BB Bold2 in every way, but the browser and application use is a killer. So I carry two phones around with the hope that RIM will get it right…eventually. Opera is a nice alternative when in a crunch or bind, but I prefer the browsers mentioned above.
If RIM only purchased Palm… 🙂