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Opera Mini Bumped to Version 5.1 for Low-End Phones

Jul 8, 2010, 1:00 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Opera Software today announced an update to its Opera Mini browser to version 5.1. The relatively minor update makes the browser perform better in entry-level devices that may have low memory. According to Opera, it has removed icons, graphics, and the visual speed dial tool from the user interface. These subtractions allow Opera Mini to load more pages at once, improve scrolling speeds through pages, and boost performance throughout the browser. In particular, Opera notes that users of Nokia's S40-based devices should consider updating their version of Opera Mini to 5.1. Users of smartphones will not need to upgrade the Opera Mini browser in their devices. The software is a free download.

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consmonaut

Jul 8, 2010, 11:04 AM

Anyone try it yet?

I've been rolling with a BB 8330 for wayyy too long and have been using Opera the whole time.

When they updated to 5, it ran awful. The layout seems to favor touch screen devices, and it ran super slow.

I'm sure the browser is great, it was just far too much a match for an old 8330 curve. I'm hoping this is better for it, but I don't want to go through the upgrade just to uninstall it and reinstall 4.0.

Any experience with it so far?

ATTDRONEV2.5

LG VU

scrolls faster

no double swipe delay so far

Globhead

I haven't tried the 5.1 version yet.

It seems like Blackberries are never very good at running Opera. The original 5.0 version runs fine on my Sony c510, as well as several older Sony models. One of the main reasons I use Sony phones, other than ...
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