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Opera Mini 7 (for Android)

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For the fastest, most backward-compatible mobile browser on the market, tune your phone to Opera Mini 7.

Settings

Much like it's full-sized brother (Opera Mobile), Mini supports valuable features such as Opera Link and Text wrapping.

Opera Link

It's easy to setup up Opera Link.

Visual Tabs

Opera Mini features the same elegant, visual tabs you'll find on Opera Mobile.

Radioshack.com in Opera Mobile

Here's Radioshack.com loaded in Opera Mobile, which supports Flash (on-demand in this instance). Now compare this to the next slide, which shows Radioshack.com in Mini.

Radioshack.com in Opera Mini

Opera Mini doesn't support Flash; instead, it shows a static snapshot of the Flash content.

PCMag.com in Opera Mini

Sometimes, however, the Flash snapshots aren't available, as evidenced by this screen capture of PCMag.com in Opera Mini.

Javascript Issues

Opera Mini supports radial buttons, but it did have issues loading some Javascript, such as a pop-up calendar on Expedia. This didn't, however, keep me from manually entering a date.

Speed Dial

One of Opera Mini's benefits is that, for the most part, it looks and feels like Opera Mobile. Here's Opera Mobile, as well as some basic settings.