Quick Look: Opera Widgets for Windows Mobile!

I wouldn’t exactly say that I’ve been a fan of browser widgets, on the PC or the mobile. Since I had a look at the NFB Widgets earlier.

I’m nothing though, if not consistent, so a better look at Opera’s new widgety offering is warranted. 

One thing that is really neat, is the ability to create your own widgets from the desktop in a simple three step wizard [Widgetize].

I am going to concentrate on the initial mobile offering here, and not expand on the desktop version too much.

It’s quite surprising, and due to the limitations of the test device I’m using, I’ll reserve judgement and just show you what I can see without the whining about memory limitations.

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Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta2, with Widgets

After we saw the new alpha and expose of Firefox Fennnec, previewed last week, we  are privileged to get a new beta version of Opera’s browser to have a look at! Not to be out done of course, Opera have added widgets to the Beta. Whilst I have not fully tested this out yet, you can see by the screen shot, that the new Beta is having some rendering problems. Opera openly tell us about the reported problems/issues that are still to be fixed, and I’d go with that. There has been a flurry of  HTC devices with the RAM to run this browser, so loading it on the Axim and having a look is not as sweet as most would think. Still getting the out of memory messages. It is a beta though. I am a demanding taskmaster, I’d like the dev’s to remember that  there are a lot of us still using devices that don’t have the RAM capacity of the Diamond.

Back to the news, this new Opera beta is for WinMo, UIQ, and there is a SDK for S60 devices. It is all focused on touch screen devices. I haven’t really looked at the widgets yet, so I won’t offer an opinion on them, have a look at the press release, and see what you think!

Opera Mobile 9.5 adds Opera Widgets to deliver a one-click mobile Internet experience

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