Opera Mini 5 vs. Skyfire

[Narolfs]

Um, reminiscent of Opera the browser (1996), not Chrome (2006).

[emotionalpunkboy]

IF there were google chrome for iphone it would kick all of other browsers ass.

ITs freaking fast and a really fast startup. on my computer firefox starts up in 5 sec while google chrome in 1-2 sec.

[Bertorelli11]

@emotionalpunkboy If you have windows 7 or Windows Vista Internet Explorer 9 Beta is a lot faster than google chrome :D

[emotionalpunkboy]

@Bertorelli11 yea, the beta is buggy, what makes it fast is that it uses the full power of your hardware, u can get like 60 fps when using ie 9, but for other browsers u get like 8 fps.

[jerste]

Speed tests make me laugh. Installed Opera Mini a few days ago and now it's my default browser. Best browser for Android by miles.

[DexNoxtious]

opera mini on android works much better.

but i found a very good browser its called UCBrowser but its in Chinese so...

Its realy like opera mini it uses they servers to render etc.

[denesheo676]

i have opera mini 5 beta for my samsung code and it is the fastest most convienent browser for a mobile phone. since my phone is metro pcs it uses 1x which is very slow normally but since downloading this i forget i even have metro. its like buying a whole new 300 dollar phone. and also since it uses a fair amount of memory to run the browser pages load quick and easy with no lagging or anything

[AhmedEssam5130]

sky fire is suck opera mini is the fastest browser on earth



[shjesus]

i love opera mini but im habing probs with it . it dont want to play reg vids like youtube or even mobile sites and im also having the prob with opera not doing 2 tap to zoom in . i mean it does it sometimes but doesnt do it all the time its quite frustrating .

i preffer sky fire .

you know why ?

2.0

cus it plays flash videos sucker !

skyfire 2.0 beta ftw!

[pgdrz41]

Opera mini beta 5 on windows mobile is really fast and awesome. I am really impressed :)

[underoath2k7]

its not slow its the way it renders it does all at one were some may do written and then fill in pics

[ceeam]

Native Opera Mini for WM has been released and it pretty much rocks.

[Halfback1990]

opera m5 beta need on nokia n79 5 seconds to start .

[xmine08]

I'm getting a LG Renoir on Friday/Saturday and one of the first apps i'll test is opera mini because opera just kicks ass on any platform and i like the opera link thing so i have the same bookmarks on my pc and on my phone :)

[videomanico13]

My hardware keyboard does work on my HTC pro..Also it takes about 5 seconds on my device to lounch opera min 5.0 I trully love it!

[MrLasselo]

Zooming need only 1 click!!! double click not working..

[pyeclam]

I actually use both Opera Mini and skyfire. When I plan to watch something that uses flash, I'll use skyfire. Opera Mini is vastly faster for me, and it is a lot easier to navigate through. I might have an older version since it's not Beta.

I use ATT Tilt.

[americanforthewin]

You do realize that Skyfire can play back Flash, right?

I prefer it to be a little slow but to be able to access all that flash content on the web.

[CSOCSO]

i got opera mini 4.2 on my instinct both webpages loads in under 10 sec. i got only two bar in my room and of course the mobile view was unchecked

[PyroWareNL]

Skyfire is ugly, and not handy to use... D:

[thetmack47]

Its not good for reading small print but for videos its good. Opera mini and mobile both show words much sharper.

[br0adband]

I've got Opera mini beta 5 running on a Dell Axim and from a cold reset when I execute the app, it takes about 6 seconds to load fully, so... considering this Axim is about 5 years old, and it's running Windows Mobile 6.5 also, that's amazing I'd say.

Opera mini beta 5 is ridiculously, no make that LUDICROUSLY fast. It's faster on my Axim with 11b Wi-Fi than Safari is on my iPhone using 11g. Insanely fast... I find myself browsing at home with the Axim more than the iPhone.

Go figure. ;)

[th3maf]

worst speedtest i've ever seen ! the dude is complete amator, no doubt about it!

[blint63]

OMG, this speedtest sukz, the Skyfire will load a bit again, after zooming in to a certain area, and while moving on the page while zoomed in...

[imlkrsfn]

I take back what I said earlier, the new Opera mini 5 is awesome.

[carlosita91]

hi! im looking for a phone which is the easiest and reliable in using the internet. bcuz i have this sim card which provides unlimited surfing on the net. So which phone would you recommend??

[thetmack47]

HTC Touch HD. Huge high res 3.8 inch screen. Opera Mobile Browser. Plus it's WinMo so it's customizable to your liking. Or if you want a physical keyboard the Touch Pro 2.

[imlkrsfn]

Opera mini 4.xx on the Mogul with a specific version of esmertic jbed was amazingly fast. I don't know exact numbers but at least half the loading time of these. If anyone knows which jbed version is good let me know, the new ones aren't as good.

[doaflipcunt]

should have tested them on a WiFi connection

thanks for the video (:

[macbookpro57]

you said opera mobile 9.5 instead of opera mini 5 lol

[turtledogg]

lol 4:52, u tried to use the stylus to stop the stopwatch on the iPhone lol

[BonomDenej]

OMG "it looks like Google Chrome"... Hey Brandon I like you but here you're an idiot... The first page is the Speed Dial like there is in desktop version of Opera since several years... Before doing some stupid comparison, just have a little internet browser culture...

[mrcraggle]

A little harsh to call him an idiot, maybe he just isn't an Opera desktop user but Opera has had the speed dial for a while and in Opera 9 it was 9 pages but in 10 it has 25 from what i've seen.

Hopefully once Opera mini 5 is fully released, they'll fix some of the bugs like double tap to zoom and I find that scrolling is a little lagging when compared to opera mobile 9.5 which is pretty smooth overall.

[scastlet]

lol for using the iPHone for a stop watch

[jagjagin]

they should make a chrome mobile browser

[JishHD]

Also it loads really fast when going back/forward because the pages are saved in the phone's RAM and don't need to be downloaded from the internet again.

[JishHD]

That's weird, it loaded in 25 seconds for you? It loads in about 5-10 on my Tilt (Kaiser/Tytn II) and that's even slower!

Also you only need to tap once for it to zoom, just like in Opera Mini 4.2.

[JishHD]

I meant loading the midlet itself, not the webpages.

[Sollers24]

You don't have to double-tap. Once is enough..

[SKiTzShow]

I'm not really understanding the use of such old equipment. I know the TP2 is expensive with Sprint, but you could borrow one just for the demonstration or something.

[bboris92]

It's weird because I know he still has the Touch HD, the TP2 and the Touch Diamond 2.

[coltsfan3391]

i like it when he does videos on the Touch HD, it makes everything really clear

[IrateGamingZealot]

Why does it matter? It's to show browser speed, not anything in detail on the screen.

[SKiTzShow]

Actually it was an overall comparison of the two browsers...not just a speed test. A better quality (and larger) display would've given a better representation of both browsers' UI.

Plus, updated hardware is ALWAYS preferable.

[IrateGamingZealot]

Did you read the description of the video?

"This is a speed test between Skyfire for Windows Mobile and Opera Mini 5 for Java"

An overall comparison would have gone into a lot more detail.

[sfxchris96]

it's not a big deal.

[SKiTzShow]

I didn't read the description, but I did watch the video. He said, "In this video we're taking a look at the new version of Opera Mini version 5". He didn't say "This is a speed test". He said he was taking a look at it (in general).

He spent approximately 2 and 1/2 minutes talking about things OTHER than the speed including UI, settings, navigation, etc. The last 30 seconds of the video was a summary so basically he spent HALF THE VIDEO talking about things besides speed.

K? We good now?

[IIAegisII]

he's giving details, bro let him do his thing

[SKiTzShow]

I know. I was responding to someone else. You missed the rest of the conversation.

[susukek]

why dont you use your touch HD?

much better

[basbasbas30]

Because the Touch HD is using the 'normal' opera.. and not the 'mini' version ;)

[susukek]

ye. but i meant why he's not running opera mini on touch hd...

its bigger and faster etc.

or isnt it possible

[svedman]

Pocketnowvideo people: Double-tapping is not the way to zoom. SINGLE tap to zoom, it works fine in the Beta :)

[bgbdvupl]

yep with other java manager it works faster and fullscreen :) tested on hp 614c

[vninic]

One tap to zoom in. Change java manager. On my treo750 work much better with slower processor.

[vninic]

It's much faster load with other java manager and it's in fullscreen

[Zenor18]

Thanks for the great videos.