Opera
Opera is a web browser for the Android platform offering a
very slick and fast Web surfing experience. It is available in two
editions for Android. Opera Mobile web browser offers a premium web
experience for rich, interactive content with client-side support for
JavaScript, HTML5, Flash, and more.
The other edition, Opera Mini web browser, focuses on saving
money on
data by transcoding and compressing up to 90% before being downloaded
to the device. In this specific version, the browser engine runs on
Opera's servers.
Features:
- Tabbed browsing allowing multiple web pages to be open in
the same browser window
- Speed dial - access your favourite web pages with a single
click, using a set of visual bookmarks
- Bookmarks
- History
- Opera Turbo compresses web pages by up to
90%
- Opera Link synchronises your bookmarks, Speed dial,
and search engines between your mobile device and desktop computer
- Shortcuts
- Pinch-to-zoom and smooth panning let you surf in a natural,
intuitive way
- Twitter and Facebook support is built in, so you can easily
share web content with others
- Password manager remembering your usernames and passwords
for web sites
- Integrated download manager
- Long-click menus
- Keeps track of how much data you are spending and saving
- Cache stored on SD
- Add bookmarks to Android's Home Screen
- Select User Agent
Verdict:
Opera for Android is a highly popular web
browser with good reason. It is fast at rendering pages as borne
out by the SunSpider benchmark, and in real web browsing. It has a
spotless interface, features which make it genuinely easier to use, but
lacks add-ons.
 9/10
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