Opera Browser

[michaelkmcneil]

Hello, just bought a Treo 800, never had any type of smart phone before. I've heard about the Opera browser, would it be a good idea for me to download? Is it a better browser than IE? If so, which version dhould I download and would there be a cost?

Thanks in advance,

Mike.

[stevetaz]

Hi and welcome to ET:

OperaMini is a free download and if you are interested you can take a look here. Some love it and in some cases OperaMini can work better than the built-in and for other sites it won't.

You should try it yourself to see how you like it. After you do post your experiences here at ET.....

SteveTaz

[Mr. Goodbar]

Hello, just bought a Treo 800, never had any type of smart phone before. I've heard about the Opera browser, would it be a good idea for me to download? Is it a better browser than IE? If so, which version dhould I download and would there be a cost?

Thanks in advance,

Mike.

I am running Opera Mobile 9.5 (different from Opera Mini) on my 800w. It provides a nicer experience on some web sites, but doesn't render as fast as IE quite often. There's no harm in having both, so I'd suggest giving it a try.

[michaelkmcneil]

Not having luck with either version of Opera. On the Opera mini page, the site tells me that my phone model could not be detected. When I try to open the mini app that I downloaded for Opera mini, it tells me there is no application associated with "mini." Than when I download the Opera 9.5 app, I get Opera_951_in_setup is not a valid pocket PC application.

[Mr. Goodbar]

Not having luck with either version of Opera. On the Opera mini page, the site tells me that my phone model could not be detected. When I try to open the mini app that I downloaded for Opera mini, it tells me there is no application associated with "mini." Than when I download the Opera 9.5 app, I get Opera_951_in_setup is not a valid pocket PC application.

Are you trying to install Opera or Opera Mobile? The mobile version is at http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/download/. I have not tried mini on WM.

[michaelkmcneil]

I was confusing mini and mobile, thanks for your help!

[yungwunn911]

I've heard some issues with the treo's new 320x320 screen and opera. Anyone have any feedback on this?

[yitzyy]

I finally got my Operamini working, thanks to ben for the files!! and its shutting down or freezing my phone, 755p.any ideas?

[mweiss]

I had opera mobile 8.65 and then tried the beta 9.5. I like the 9.5 better. It seems that 9.5 loads pages much faster and is generally more responsive.

[jack skellington]

Hello, just bought a Treo 800, never had any type of smart phone before. I've heard about the Opera browser, would it be a good idea for me to download? Is it a better browser than IE? If so, which version dhould I download and would there be a cost?

Thanks in advance,

Mike.

First of all Opera is the open source and its completely free. For treo 800 i think its not announced. Hmmmm check opera mini which was introduced for treo 600. May be its compatible with treo 800. Just try it. :cool: