Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta + Widgets: IS OUT!

[Guest thescope]

Hey guyz,

Opera Mobile 9.7 BETA 1 and Widgets is NOW available for download ;) on the Opera public FTP:

ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/winmobile/970b1/

You can see all other Opera BETA versions here:

ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/winmobile/

See the new Features of Opera Mobile 9.7B1: http://www.opera.com/mobile/features/

Happy testing! :D

EDIT:

As mentioned in the topic, there are a few bugs with the Beta 1 as it is right now.

for an updated list see: http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/

Edited June 8, 2009 by thescope

[Guest davedes]

:D I have been waiting for this.....

[Guest jason07]

any idea whether this version does the old 'disable-incoming-call-vibration'??

[Guest kav]

apparently this beata version can be installed on the memory card and it can coexist with preinstalled opera versions, will give that a try to see the difference between this one or the regular opera 9.5 which comes with the official ROMs.

looks promising though.

[Guest Adrynalyne]

Hey guyz,

Opera Mobile 9.7 BETA and Widgets is NOW available for download ;) on the Opera public FTP:

ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/winmobile/970b1/

You can see all other Opera BETA versions here:

ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/winmobile/

Both the Opera browser and Widgets weight together no less then 8.7MB, W0ha!

Happy testing! :D

8.7MB....uninstalled.

They are compressed. Opera alone takes just shy of 10mb.

[Guest rigor.m]

okay installed it in my storage, looking good, just one question: using stock IA5 ROM can I get flash working on opera 9.7 beta ?

[Guest maf107ezk0]

As jason07 asked - does it disable the vibration for the incoming calls?? :D

[Guest CPimentel]

Does not work with Samsung keyboard :D. Installed TouchPal and it's working.

Flash also does not work :\

The embebeded Opera in Sector 6.5 ROM has flash working.

Edited June 8, 2009 by CPimentel

[Guest Bulldogs]

I've kinda given up on Opera, Skyfire dows it for me now

[Guest styles88]

does not work on

Sector 6.5 ROM

[Guest CPimentel]

does not work on

Sector 6.5 ROM

It´s working on mine, which version do you use? I'm using the latest '20806' 18M pagepool.

[]'s

Cris

Edited June 8, 2009 by CPimentel

[Guest djtosh]

its working on my sector rom and it is really fast and much better than last opera and skyfire

[Guest jeffrey2000]

FYI (copied from opera.com page)

9.7 beta known issues

Browser

• Opera Turbo in Opera Mobile is still a preview-feature;
  
• Downloads don't work while Opera Turbo is enabled.
  
• Some settings (such as toggle on/off images) do not apply when Opera Turbo is enabled.
  
• On older WM 5.0 Devices with 480x800 resolution, switching between portrait and landscape may cause display errors. This is due to lack of support for this resolution in early versions of Microsoft's driver.
  
• Some input method editors are known not to work well with Opera because they do not comply with Microsoft's SIP and/or IME standard. When such an editor is detected by Opera, Opera will use a known (default) input method instead. An exception is EzInput v1.5, where the phone keypad and compact QUERTY, ABC mode doesn't work, but the rest of the modes work fine. We recommend upgrading to EzInput v2.0 to avoid this.
  
• Only support for FlashLite 3.x. No Flash plugin included.
  
  • The Widget manager is an add-on to the browser, so the browser must be installed in order for the widget manager to work.
    
  • We recommend disabling Opera Turbo in the browser when using the widget manager.
    
  • Rotating widgets does not work properly. Portrait mode should be used when running widgets.
    
  • Widgets + Plugins (Flash & Gears) don't work.
    
  • Clicking internal links in a widget will launch the browser.
    
  • Twitter widget might have login problems on first run. If this happens, just close the Twitter widget (X) and open it again
    

Edited June 8, 2009 by jeffrey2000

[Guest c00l3r]

Is it possible to replace the installed Opera Mobile 9.5 with this 9.7?

[Guest bpivk]

Is it possible to replace the installed Opera Mobile 9.5 with this 9.7?

If it's cooked in the rom the answer is no. But you can install it and use the new version instead.

[Guest c00l3r]

If it's cooked in the rom the answer is no. But you can install it and use the new version instead.

But arent then all the "mainmenu" and M2D shortcuts messed up? They would still be launching the old version :D

[Guest bpivk]

But arent then all the "mainmenu" and M2D shortcuts messed up? They would still be launching the old version :D

You can modify the m2d shourtcut using ssmapa (i think that i've spelled it correctly).

The same goes for main menu shortcut. That's the beauty of winmo. You can modify it or just wait for a new version with the new opera.

[Guest davedes]

does not work on

Sector 6.5 ROM

works fine on mine 2 im on 21731 lite

[Guest thescope]

So far I noticed:

1. Opera itself is faster

2. scrolling is smoother but slower (in my opinion)

3. cant import bookmarks from Opera 9.5 but IE works fine (sucks for me I have 70 bookmarks lol)

4. Turbo is nice but not particle till some stuff is fixed

I hope Beta 2 will fix turbo since it looks useful for when not using AS or WiFi.

Edited June 8, 2009 by thescope

[Guest grop]

So far I noticed:

1. Opera itself is faster

2. scrolling is smoother but slower (in my opinion)

3. cant import bookmarks from Opera 9.5 but IE works fine (sucks for me I have 70 bookmarks lol)

4. Turbo is nice but not particle till some stuff is fixed

I hope Beta 2 will fix turbo since it looks useful for when not using AS or WiFi.

+1 the scrollimg is absolutly perfect

[Guest Kev23]

Does not work with Samsung keyboard :D. Installed TouchPal and it's working.

Flash also does not work :\

Samsung keyboard and flash 3.1 are working perfectly for me (using s0cks latest rom)... you tube is def smoother.

Is the adjustable zoom slider still working in this version?? (used to be on right hand side of screen), as can't find in this version.

Thanks

[Guest jaewon223]

wow this is almost as fast as opera mini but with all the functionality. well most.. but since it's beta i'm really looking forward to the full version when it comes out. great job opera :D

[Guest jeffrey2000]

For people that just want the looks of the newer opera 9.7b you can also just use the newer white skin on the older black v9.5.

Just place the file "standard_skin.zip" in the following default directory: "\\My Device\Application Data\opera9\skin\" or another location where you installed it...

standard_skin.zip

[Guest kav]

tried it and found that it is actually faster than the opera 9.5 but still has a lot of issues, i guess this is why it is still in beta stage.

when putting on the turbo mode, it doesnt display webpages at all. the scrolling is much smoother and the zooming is way faster now. but even with flash player installed, and the turbo mode disabled, it displays webpages wrongly for me, like for example yahoo, it messes up the whole page and i get a page which is like a mile long to scroll and huge empty spaces in between. looks are definitely more sleek, but practically its really not good.

[Guest semmtexx]

Fails to even install on bgill55_6.5_v2.2 rom. eh I don't do much web browsing anyway. Is it neat though??