Opera Mobile 9.7 announced

[redd214]

def. waiting for this. it sounds like this could replace all the other browsers i have. would make this so conveinent. can't wait

[IrogSinta]

Sounds like it's going to be the mobile browser king. But I really hope this version has the "Open tab in background" feature.

[snowplow54]

I am a little disappointed. the new rendering engine seems great, but I was hoping for better flash support. Oh well, skyfire well enough for flash anyways.

[pdx77]

Originally Posted by snowplow54

I am a little disappointed. the new rendering engine seems great, but I was hoping for better flash support. Oh well, skyfire well enough for flash anyways.

That problem mostly relys on Adobe and giving us a better Flash plug in.

[coolwhip1220]

I don't even call it Skyfire. It's named "Family Guy Player". Hope Opera will be able to play without dropping frames and actually link up video and sound.

[ronaldheld]

IT can't come too soon.

[gimme5]

Sounds great.

I bet the turbo is gonna screw up my speed test site in 8 different ways, just like opera mini does...lol

[Riley]

Originally Posted by gimme5

Sounds great.

I bet the turbo is gonna screw up my speed test site in 8 different ways, just like opera mini does...lol

you bet it will. People will be thinking they have 15mb speed all of sudden!

[gimme5]

Originally Posted by rileyd5

you bet it will. People will be thinking they have 15mb speed all of sudden!

hehehe...yeah. Then, if 9.7 uses proxies and hides your real IP address, I'll get e-mails saying "What do you mean opera is my ISP...opera isn't my ISP".

I'm still looking forward to it though

[TalynOne]

Video demo of upcoming Opera Mobile v9.7 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Om5ywkQX4

The Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta for Windows Mobile will include the following features:

• Improved rendering engine
  Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta uses the Presto 2.2 rendering engine, which will also be used in the Opera 10 desktop browser. Presto 2.2 offers faster page loading, and we’re excited to use this state-of-the-art rendering engine and be at the forefront of standards support with 100/100 on Acid 3.
  
• Opera Turbo
  Finally we can show you Opera Turbo on mobile! Opera Turbo accelerates the browsing experience by reducing bandwidth consumption up to 80%. Many of you will be familiar with Opera’s compression technology from using Opera Mini, and with Opera Mobile 9.7 you’ll get the best of both worlds - a full-fledged browser with extra Turbo capabilities. It’s not the full version of Opera Turbo yet (yes, that’s a Beta feature in a Beta release), but we couldn’t wait to show you this cool feature.
  
• Improved Widget Manager
  Opera Widgets are small, handy Web applications that run locally on your mobile phone. Our new Widget Manager has improved usability and design, and runs independently from the browser.
  
• Gears
  Gears is a Google open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser. Read more about Gears on Opera Labs.
  
• OpenGL ES
  Hardware acceleration with OpenGL ES support, ensuring smoother scrolling, panning and a more fluid user interface.

Source: http://dailymobile.se/2009/03/26/vid...h-opera-turbo/