Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Maemo!

July 21, 2010 · by Aleksander Aas

A few months ago we introduced you to the Smooth Sailing Team, the team dedicated to bring Opera Mobile to Maemo. Today they released the next generation of Opera Mobile, with the installment of Opera Mobile 10.1 beta.

Just as the previous version for Maemo this release uses the latest Opera engines such as Carakan and Vega. With JIT support it is by far the fastest Maemo browser ever.

Geolocation is also available in this version, so visit your favorite geolocation enabled website and give it a spin!

Got a Nokia N800/N810/N900 or want the full story? Head on over to Opera Labs then, and check it out!

Readers' comments 27

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TamilWednesday, July 21, 2010 7:37:47 AM
Aleksander AasWednesday, July 21, 2010 8:13:08 AM
Seems like we lost the post for a sec, it's fixed now! Sorry for the inconvenience..
Mağruf ÇolakoğluWednesday, July 21, 2010 9:27:11 AM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Happy.gif -
tomassplatchWednesday, July 21, 2010 9:43:00 AM
ANDROID, ANDROID!!
Sn3ipenWednesday, July 21, 2010 9:53:00 AM
Will this work on Meego or do you have to rewrite anything to make it fit on that platform when it arrives?
Aleksander AasWednesday, July 21, 2010 9:55:56 AM
Originally posted by mgillespie:

But where is Opera 10.1 for ANDROID? That's the one everyone wants... Not even a hint from Opera that it's being worked upon (aside from the Vodaphone widget runtime that uses it).

Opera Mobile will not be released to all Android devices. This has been more than hinted on, in fact we have stated that it will be available for Operators and OEMs upon request. See the press release from last year.
Opera Mobile 10 for BREW and Android-based mobile phones is available only to operators and OEMs upon request. Currently, these platforms present limitations that hinder mass consumer distribution.

Edit: On a personal note: I'd like to have Mobile on my Android as well, but Mini works awesome
Ajeesh.M.JWednesday, July 21, 2010 11:32:07 AM
wow!
prd3Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:42:55 PM
Originally posted by mgillespie:

But where is Opera 10.1 for ANDROID? That's the one everyone wants... Not even a hint from Opera that it's being worked upon (aside from the Vodaphone widget runtime that uses it).

Quit spamming every single damn blog post with this nonsense. They are not going to tell you more than they already have.

JUST QUIT IT.
praetor87Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:10:37 PM
"Opera Mobile 10 for BREW and Android-based mobile phones is available only to operators and OEMs upon request. Currently, these platforms present limitations that
"hinder mass consumer distribution."
"Edit: On a personal note: I'd like to have Mobile on my Android as well, but Mini works awesome"

So, can you use non-java apps on BREW? It's important for me. Some guy considered this as a simple java based phone with closed API. The Android grows super fast, faster than iPhone and it's an open area, not like appstore. The developers should focusing more relevant operating systems, the Maemo is already under the radar. The new Windows mobile OS will important too. Only 3 (S60 still on business class phones) platform is the important and the Mobile is needed against the full featured (like ajax, html5 applications and javascript, not just for few seconds) browsers.
Charles SchlossWednesday, July 21, 2010 1:57:40 PM
prd3Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:19:00 PM
Originally posted by praetor87:

The developers should focusing more relevant operating systems

What do you mean by that?
praetor87Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:09:40 PM
^Well who use maemo now? Let's see... Just few geek. Who use Android now? Many average consumer included geeks too. Millions against nothing. That 10.1 beta was a simply way to waste time for a futureless OS. Omedetou!
Cutting SpoonWednesday, July 21, 2010 7:31:34 PM
Eh, it was also fairly easy to support, given the devs' prior work in Linux Desktop and Linux Devices.
techlawsamThursday, July 22, 2010 3:09:30 AM
Originally posted by Aleksander:

Currently, these platforms present limitations that hinder mass consumer distribution.

limitations? I thought Opera Mobile will be as easy to distribute as publishing it to the android market and people downloading it? But again I'm not opera so I wouldn't know . But what would be the hindrance?
Sami SerolaThursday, July 22, 2010 8:49:42 AM
Originally posted by praetor87:

Well who use maemo now? Let's see... Just few geek. Who use Android now? Many average consumer included geeks too. Millions against nothing.

That is the risk hardware manufacturers and software developers have to take. If no applications developed for some new platform then that will definitely lead to the deadlock situation for that device. I'm personally happy that Opera Software took a risk to develop Opera mobile for Maemo. That may encourage more ordinary peeps like me to buy Maemo phones. I have understood the Opera Mini for iPhone boosted a lot of sales of that phone. Competition is also good for customers since maybe it also makes manufacturers of Android phones to reduce their quite high prices.
prd3Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:48:46 AM
Originally posted by praetor87:

^Well who use maemo now? Let's see... Just few geek. Who use Android now? Many average consumer included geeks too. Millions against nothing. That 10.1 beta was a simply way to waste time for a futureless OS. Omedetou!

Are you drunk?

Did you not get the part where the Maemo version is an unofficial version created by people in their spare time?

Never mind. You are clearly not interested in facts, and insist on making bogus statements regardless.
xeon0541Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:41:02 PM
please develop bada os version
Cutting SpoonThursday, July 22, 2010 9:58:46 PM
PRD3: Maemo. Beta. Live with it. Now an Opera product.

samMD: Incomplete or unpredictable CPU support is one very big hindrance. When Mobile is preinstalled, it also is pre-tested and pre-compiled for a specific device. For Mobile to be fast it needs to be tuned. There are also a few issues with the app permission system, or was it the APIs? Haven't heard much recently. Memory count on Android phones may also be an issue, the original Motorola Droid had only 64MB for everything, while the new Droid-X has eight times as much (512MB). Mobile is not a simple app that only uses existing APIs, the native-code component can be a real headache. Think of Maemo as a testing lab for tech that benefits Opera Mobile and Opera Devices. I think this is the first browser running JIT on ARM...? Or does the Android default already do it?
prd3Monday, July 26, 2010 9:51:23 AM
Originally posted by hellspork:

Maemo. Beta. Live with it. Now an Opera product.

WRONG.

Not beta. Not an Opera product.

Home-made demo version. Unofficial.
Cutting SpoonMonday, July 26, 2010 4:30:14 PM
http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/2010/07/21/opera-mobile-10-1-beta-for-maemo

It's there in the URL, page title, and page body. Hearing good things about it elsewhere online.
Suraj PavawallaTuesday, July 27, 2010 2:15:27 AM
I'm so glad Opera started to support Maemo devices again!

Thanks so much Opera Developers, it really makes the device much more worthwhile!
Superrrrrdurt!Sunday, August 8, 2010 11:30:50 PM
If Opera works on Meemo does this mean it will work on other linux distro's as well? I would love to have Opera Mobile working on my eee pc! (desktop version is not really optimized for small screens...)
Charles SchlossMonday, August 9, 2010 4:15:17 AM
Originally posted by Superdurt:

Opera Mobile working on my eee pc! (desktop version is not really optimized for small screens...)

You can customize the UI to remove things you don't want to show, and the toolbars also via a skin
Cutting SpoonTuesday, August 10, 2010 1:08:30 AM
Diego, I am sending you a PM. The problem with Mini and Mobile is they are touch-optimized, but you can run Mini with a program called "microemulator" and Opera provides a version of Mobile for desktops (all OSes) from labs.opera.com
Superrrrrdurt!Wednesday, August 11, 2010 1:38:47 PM
@Cutting Spoon: Thanks for the PM!

The real problem is when I use (for example) the customization menu. In the lower part you have the "cancel" en "OK" button. When I made an change in that menu and I want to save, the "cancel" en "OK" button does not show. I have to use the tab key to navigate to it. This isn't really a problem for me but when my girlfriend uses the netbook she doesn't know what to do...
Cutting SpoonWednesday, August 11, 2010 10:34:53 PM
I you are running on Linux and the menu projects beneath the screen edge, doesn't alt-click-drag allow you to move it further up?

EDIT: This should probably go onto bugs.opera.com/wizard if opera doesn't fit your netbook screen. My WinXP netbook has 1024x600 pixels, but Eee701's had 800x480 which could be too small. If the button is NOT VISIBLE, then there is a serious UI bug that needs to be fixed for you. Please to clarify?
Superrrrrdurt!Friday, August 27, 2010 5:16:00 PM
I'll will upload a picture asap.