Comments on: Opera Mobile Browser for the Palm OS?

By: Jeff Dodson

Jeff Dodson — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:06:15 +0000

Why do you say the palm operating system is dead? I just got my 755P with sprint and am loving it. I did hear recently that the next palm op sys will be linux based, is this what you mean? I have palm 5.4.9, what I heard would be the last pure palm, but the next version would still be palm, just linux based.

By: FriedGeek

FriedGeek — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:38:52 +0000

I was so sad when I saw that there was no ‘real’ Opera for my new (to me) Treo 650. I hate WinM but since it seems like the Palm OS is dead there may be no choice.

By: dmccunney

dmccunney — Wed, 31 May 2006 21:51:58 +0000

“Opera Mini has issues on Palm OS”

Yes, that’s an appropriate way of putting it. First, I had to find a copy of IBM’s Java VM for PalmOS that ran on my device. (I have a Tapwave Zodiac 2. The current Palm release doesn’t work on it.) Then, I had to figure out how to get Opera Mini istalled.

I did it, and the results were underwhelming.

As a Java applet, Opera Mini does not follow Palm UI standards, so it’s controlled differently than anything else I run. Rendering is nice, but the current version doesn’t support the 320×480 screen on my device. (The previous release did.) Javascript doesn’t seem to be supported. And it is *very* sluggish on my device, with perceptable delays between command and response.

I got it installed to see if I *could*, and what it would do. I wouldn’t actually *use* it unless I had no other option.

I’d *like* to see Opera Mobile, but Palm seems married to Blazer…

By: Leslie Franke

Leslie Franke — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:26:38 +0000

Arne,

You most likely have Opera Mini installed on your TX. This is a different product than the full featured Opera Mobile. See my addition to the post.

By: Arne

Arne — Tue, 30 May 2006 18:13:25 +0000

Very strang… but I have opera on my palm TX…