Mark on May 13th, 2008
Opera Software has released Opera Mini 4.1, the latest version of itsfree, Java-based web browser that works on nearly every mobile phone.
According to Opera, the new version is up to 50% faster than the current one.
New features include:
- Will automatically suggest URL completions, making address input easier
- Web pages can be saved for later off-line viewing
Can search for a word or phrase in Web pages
- Images, ringtones and other content can be downloaded without leaving the application
“We have actively talked to our community members in order to build the best Web browser for mobile phones,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera.
It is available now, free of charge, at operamini.com .
Darko on January 24th, 2008
This is a follow up story to the previous article.
After my normal internet connection was lost due to a malfunctioning Ethernet adapter (Damn you SMC), I had to resort to other means in order to stay plugged in. So I turned to WAP.
For those of you unfamiliar with WAP…what the hell are you doing on a tech blog, just kidding!
WAP is “Wireless Application Protocol”, an emerging standard to allow cellular/wireless devices to access the Internet. In plain English, it’s internet for cell phones.
One of the important things that I gained from this experience is that i had the chance to use WP.com’s mobile website m.wordpress.com designed specifically to offer mobile users easier access and better blogging experience.
Of course, this page cannot replace the WP Dashboard, but nonetheless it offers key elements of it. From there, you can get a quick Stats summary, Add new articles and Add new bookmarks to your blogroll.
One of the problems that I had with posting articles is the absence of the conformity offered by WP rich text editor; witch meant that I had to add my own html tags. So here’s what I did. I have Qumana a blogging tool, installed on my computers. What Qumana offers, is the ability to see the source of the text you wrote in the WYSIWIG panel, just like the Visual and Code panels in the WordPress dashboard. Of course there are a number of programs that has this feature like Dreamweaver and FrontPage. So what I did was that I wrote the text and copy/pasted the code and saved it to file, then I sent the file to my Cell phone witch luckily support copy/pasting, witch enabled me to post the formatted article.
And here’s some more good news, m.wordpress.com can accessed from any normal web browser. At the moment I’m writing this article from it using Mozilla Firefox. This can enable a hell of a lot faster posting then using the real dashboard.
Try it yourself
Darko on January 18th, 2008
I logged into WordPress.com mobile dashboard using my mobile phone, and I’m trying to test if i can blog from here. This way i can write my articles on a pc and copy/paste them here.
Update: it worked, this is great news, i can be more active now from my cell phone, i’ll write a small report about this feature later on
