After only two weeks since it released the beta version, Opera has now outed the final edition of Opera Mini 4.2.
Besides bringing several improvements, the release also marks the mobile browser’s official availability for Google’s Android platform (T-Mobile G1 users should be happy), as well as for Sprint’s Samsung Instinct touchscreen phone.
Opera says that Opera Mini 4.2 is about 30% faster than the previous version, which means that all those who use it will be able to enjoy a significantly speedier mobile web experience.
The new stuff that Opera Mini 4.2 offers includes:
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Support for more than 90 languages, the latest additions being Amharic, Assamese, Armenian, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kirghiz, Khmer, Kashmiri, Lao, Lingala, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Oriya, Pashto, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Turkmen, Urdu and Uzbek.
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Opera Link support for notes – you can now sync your notes between Opera Mini and a PC
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Enhanced RTSP (real time streaming protocol) handoff – thus more phones now have support for mobile video.
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New skins for a personalized look
Opera Mini 4.2 can be downloaded for free via Opera’s official website.
Source: Opera
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Written by Ilinca Nita on November 25th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Ray Ozzie from Microsoft did the honors today at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008) to unveil their cloud computing service dubbed as Windows Azure. Azure as Microsoft puts it, adopts a software plus service model which means that it will enable the developers to host their applications created on Visual Studio and .NET framework on Microsoft’s data centers and charge them accordingly to the various pricing structure that will be announced after the commercial launch of Azure.
Here are the key components of Azure:
- Windows Azure for service hosting and management, low-level scalable storage, computation and networking.
- Microsoft SQL Services for a wide range of database services and reporting.
- Microsoft .NET Services which are service-based implementations of familiar .NET Framework concepts such as workflow and access control.
- Live Services for a consistent way for users to store, share and synchronize documents, photos, files and information across their PCs, phones, PC applications and Web sites.
- Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Services for business content, collaboration and rapid solution development in the cloud.
For more information, click here.
Press Release
Written by Kunal Gangar on October 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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In the last couple of years, mobile phones, especially the high-end ones, have become powerful Web devices that allow us to perform about any Internet-related activity. We no longer need a desktop PC to access our email, browse websites and even download stuff. But you already know this.
What you might not know is that, as cell phones get more and more sophisticated when it comes to Internet capabilities, so does the risk of them being hacked rise. According to The Associate Press, security researchers from Georgia Tech are saying that handsets might soon become the target of hackers.
Cell phones could become easy targets for the “Internet predators” because they constantly send and receive data and they’re almost always on. Also, few users have antivirus applications installed on their handsets, since these usually drain out the battery life quite fast.
Helped by botnets (aka networks of infected or automated PCs), hackers might find ways to exploit the vulnerabilities of mobile operating systems, thus spreading spam and malware.
If botnets will reach cell phones, Georgia Tech researchers say, moneymaking scams unseen before might appear. Hackers could, for example, program an infected handset to call pay-per-minute numbers or to buy unwanted mobile content. What would hackers win form this? Well, assuming the companies from where the content is bought are set up by the hackers themselves, it’s obvious that they have a lot to win.
Still, cell phones are not as easy to be hacked as desktop computers. Cellular networks are quite different from the WWW networks. Moreover, mobile operators usually rule their networks with an iron fist (figuratively speaking), so they can easily shut down any communication line when reports about infected phones emerge.
Luckily, for the moment there are no reports that cell phones are in real danger of being hacked, so let’s hope that malware spreaders will limit their actions to PCs.
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Written by Ilinca Nita on October 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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The built-in browser in Google Android should be good enough since it’s going to be based on WebKit, like many other great mobile browsers. But until we finally see it in action, this claim might just be more of a dream than a reality.
However, if you look at another WebKit-based browser that Google has launched recently, then you’ll know exactly how much work Google is putting into their products. Google recently announced and released a new browser called Chrome, and so far it seems to be better than any other browser ever created before.
Now if that should offer any clues, it’s that Android’s mobile web browser should be on par with what Google has created for the desktop OS. But what if Google just made a version of Chrome for Android? Wouldn’t that be better for all of us?
At the Chrome launch event last Tuesday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted that Chrome and Android were developed largely separate from each other, saying “We have not wanted to bind one’s hands to the other’s.”
But Brin also hinted at a version of Android with a lot of Chrome stack later in his talk, saying that there might be a “Chrome-like” offering for Android “or something similar.”
In any case, whether Google chooses to create a mobile version of Chrome for Android or not, it would be wise to just release Android on time before this year ends, and avoid any further delays. It would be better for Google, for the consumer, and software development will not go into stagnation.
Via WebWare
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Written by David Gonzales on September 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Sony Ericsson phone owners looking for a place to download digital content for their devices need not look any further than the newly launched Sony Ericsson PlayNow Arena. It’s like SE’s version of Nokia’s own download service, except that it’s suited for Sony Ericsson’s taste.
Actually, PlayNow Arena is a long-awaited revision of its online music store called PlayNow. It will first debut in Nordic countries offering customers games, songs, and other digital content.
Initially, Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow Arena will come with 1 million tracks from major labels which are Sony BMG, Warner Music, and EMI. Eventually, SE plans to offer 5 million tracks to customers and further expand the service to other European countries until it goes full-scale in 2009.
One thing you have to keep in mind is that the music tracks will cost about $1.43 a piece, which is a bit pricier than what is offered by other digital music download services like iTunes (which sells songs for 99 cents each), but then again you won’t be able to play those tracks on a Sony Ericsson phone anyway.
Sony Ericsson content boss Martin Blomkvist doesn’t seem all too happy about this move, commenting that the sale of digital music will not make their company any richer. Well, if what they say is right and what you get is what you deserve, then it’s up to Sony Ericsson to actually make this new download service work.
Via Washington Post
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Written by David Gonzales on August 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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What plays music, has a large touchscreen, Wi-Fi and isn’t called an iPod Touch? Why, it could only be the Archos 5g Internet Media Tablet. Other than the above mentioned features, the Archos 5g adds one thing the iPod Touch (and even the iPhone 3G) lacks - 3.5G HSDPA network support.
Yup, you read that right. The latest portable media player to come out of Archos’ labs features 3.5G HSDPA, as well as a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 pixel screen, on which you can touch your way through up to 250GB of files. Or you can opt for the lesser endowed, 30GB base version. Both should work with Wi-Fi networks just fine.
With a nearly 5-inch screen, the Archos 5g adds only a tad bit more of screen real estate when compared to the iPod Touch (against which it so blatantly competes), but with added pixels in its screen resolution as well there’s no telling just how significant a change there would be in the viewing experience.
This new Internet Media Tablet should also let you manage your e-mails and download music/videos whenever and wherever you want. Though for how much, we still haven’t confirmed. Stay tuned for more on the Archos 5g Internet Media Tablet, ok?
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Written by David Gonzales on August 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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The Iocell Contents Phone looks pretty cool, but it has a big mouth, like that one friend of yours. It doesn’t keep things to itself, since it contains within it a hard disk which can be used for sending your conversations anywhere on the web.
Sure, it has an awesome look and will give you music on hold, record your conversations and play background music while you talk, but just remember, even if you don’t own one, the person you’re talking to might own one. In other words, be careful what you say from now on. Good looking phones are looking to snitch on you to the internets and hang you out to dry. From now on I’m just saying yeah, uh-huh and bye.
Beware the phones.
[Redferret]
Written by Conner Flynn on July 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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Opera knows just how much you are eagerly awaiting the release of Opera Mobile 9.5. That’s why they have given notice as to why they still haven’t released it, eventhough it was already scheduled to be released today.
The reason, according to a post from the Opera Mobile blog, are a few final bugs that their team would rather have fixed before delivering than have let the users suffer.
So the new release date is now on July 17th, two days later the original scheduled date. Of course, we are now all entitled to complain if ever anything goes wrong because of this delay, right?
Via Opera Mobile Blog
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Written by David Gonzales on July 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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