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Opera Mobile 9.7 beta 1 opens, adds 'Turbo' rendering

By Tim Conneally | Published June 8, 2009, 9:48 AM

Last March the world got its first look at Opera Mobile 9.7, and its upgraded server-side optimization technology called Opera Turbo working in tandem with the Presto 2.2 rendering engine.

Today, the public beta of Opera Mobile 9.7 has been made available for download for touchscreen Windows Mobile devices.

With Opera Mobile's compression technology, server-aided rendering, and faster in-browser rendering engine, it can provide a much faster browsing experience for slower (non-3G) data connections. Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner said, "Not everyone owns a 3G phone and not everyone needs to. This is why Opera's focus is on improving our browser so that your EDGE network feels like you're surfing 3G style or better."

Additionally, this beta can hook up with the Opera Widgets manager, through which users can access the popular mini-apps that have been a part of the Opera landscape since 2006, when they were added to Opera 9.

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zealus.com
Jun 8, 2009 - 12:43 PM

Is it just me or does any one else concerned with ALL their traffic going through some private company's servers? Or since this company isn't Microsoft - nobody cares?

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flibberyGiveIt
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:14 PM

All of my traffic goes through an AT&T server....

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Paul Skinner
Jun 8, 2009 - 3:31 PM

Your ISP already does the same thing. What's more interesting is how they plan on coping with the level of bandwidth required to get everyone in the world using Turbo (which I presume is their intention).

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jonspencerbx
Jun 8, 2009 - 11:49 AM edited

misread the title, my bet.

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