by Brad Linder on October 20, 2008 at 04:00 PM

Opera has released the second public beta of Opera Mobile 9.5. There are two major changes since the last beta release. First, Opera Mobile 9.5 is available for Symbia UIQ as well as Windows Mobile devices. And second, the browser now supports Opera Widgets. Widgets for mobile devices don't necessarily work the same way as widgets on a full sized computer. You can't fit a bunch of widgets on a 2 ...
by Brad Linder on October 2, 2008 at 01:00 PM

A year and a half after introducing an innovative web browser for Windows Mobile, Microsoft is killing the project. Back before there was an Opera Mini 4 or an iPhone version of Safari, the Deepfish web browser offered a way to display full desktop views of web pages on a tiny browser, allowing you to zoom in on the area you want to read. The browser was developed by the Microsfot Live Labs team ...
by Brad Linder on July 19, 2008 at 04:00 PM

3 out of 4 doctors recommend reading Download Squad every day. But if you've been a bit too busy to keep up, here are a few of our favorite stories from the past week. Read them over and call us in the morning if you don't feel better.
Lesser known weapons to trick out your malware arsenal You probably know all the big names in antivirus, anti-spyware behavior. But just because companies like ...
by Brad Linder on July 17, 2008 at 09:00 AM

Opera Mobile 9.5 beta is out today, and it's already the slickest web browser available for Windows Mobile devices. Opera has always been faster than Pocket Internet Explorer at quickly rendering web pages, but Opera Mobile 9.5 beta does a far better job of displaying web pages quickly and accurately than the last stable version, Opera Mobile 8.65. Probably the most dramatic difference between ...
by Brad Linder on June 26, 2008 at 09:00 PM

Opera's been working on its next generation mobile web browser for months now. And while a handful of folks have been able to get their hands on devices preloaded with Opera Mobile 9.5, most of us have been waiting impatiently to get our hands the downloadable version. While Opera might not have much market share in the desktop browser space, the company's mobile browser is miles ahead of the ...
by Brad Linder on May 27, 2008 at 01:00 PM

For a long time, NetFront was the reigning champ of Windows Mobile and PocketPC web browsers. While Pocket Internet Explorer comes standard with most Windows Mobile phones and PDAs, the browser renders pages slowly, lacks support for tabs, and doesn't handle AJAX very well. NetFront does all of those things and more. And if it weren't for the introduction of Opera Mobile a few years ago, which has ...
by Brad Linder on May 19, 2008 at 02:00 PM

It's been a few months since Opera announced the company was working on a version of Opera 9.5 for Windows Mobile devices. And while Opera has historically been kind enough to offer public beta versions of their commercial software for download, Opera Mobile 9.5 has been pretty elusive so far. But ZDNet's Matt Miller managed to get his hands on a Windows Mobile device with Opera 9.5 preloaded, ...
by Brad Linder on February 8, 2008 at 07:00 PM
![Access releases NetFront 3.5 beta web browser for Windows Mobile]()
Opera and Mozilla aren't the only companies preparing to launch new and updated mobile web browsers. Acesss has released a public beta of NetFront 3.5 for Windows Mobile 5.0 and newer devices. And like Safari, Opera Mobile, and all the cool new kids on the blocks, NetFront 3.5 includes an improved zooming interface that makes it easier to see full web pages or zoom in on just the content you ...
by Brad Linder on February 5, 2008 at 10:00 AM
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Opera Mobile 9.5 Uploaded by operasoftware
Opera plans to show off its next generation mobile web browser at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. While Opera Mobile 9.5 won't be available commercially until this spring, the company has released a video previewing some of the browser's more exciting features. Opera also has a tendency to release public betas of its mobile software ...
by Brad Linder on December 3, 2007 at 04:00 PM

It's been a while since we've heard anything from Access about their NetFront web browser for Windows Mobile. Up until Opera Mobile and Opera Mini were released, NetFront was a serious contender for the crown of best Windows Mobile web browser. Of course, pretty much any Windows Mobile web browser is better than Pocket Internet Explorer. But NetFront has long supported tabbed browsing, quicker ...
by Brad Linder on October 3, 2007 at 05:30 PM

If you've been beta testing the free version Opera Mobile 8.65 for Windows Mobile since March, it's time to pay up. Opera has officially released version 8.65 of the company's mobile browser, and it's totally worth the $24 asking price. If you haven't already checked Opera Mobile 8.65 out, there's a 30 day free trial download available as well. Opera Mobile includes a ton of features missing from ...