![]() ![]() After a little tinkering, I found the zooming feature to be quite helpful in moving around Web pages. To move to another part of the page you can either scroll around whiled zoomed in, or you can snap back to the full-page view and move the cursor onto another section. The nice thing about this setup is that the page’s content is rendered in screen-sized columns, so once you zoom in on a section of the page, you won’t have to scroll back and forth to read text or look at a picture. Once selected, the view zooms in on the text or pictures you want to look at. Essentially, the zooming feature presents you with an image of a full Web page and allows you to click on the section you want to read. The new zooming feature is built on top of Opera’s HTML-rendering platform. Opera Mini 4 Beta includes a number of useful additions to the Mini platform, including a zooming feature that puts Mini on par with the browsers on most high-powered smartphones. And just last week, Opera released its fourth version of Mini for users’ testing. Granted, Opera Mini can’t do everything-Flash animation, JavaScript and any kind of video remains outside its purview-but online text and pictures are yours for the viewing thanks to Opera Mini. Simply put, Opera Mini lifts regular, Java-capable cellphones out of the maddening, restrictive and ultimately unsatisfying world of WAP and into the Internet world-no strings attached. In fact, it is so useful that I consider it one of the best reasons to sign up for a wireless data plan (which makes it all the more baffling that only few carriers openly promote Opera Mini to their subscribers). For those interested in accessing Internet sites from a cellphone, Opera Mini is a must have. And where are the maps!?!? We Say: Despite a few slight drawbacks, this is simply the most usable, useful application for cellphones today. Nay: Opera’s reliance on Yahoo’s OneSearch leaves something to be desired. Application: Opera Mini 4 Beta from Opera Software Running on: Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network using Motorola’s Razr and LG’s Fusic Yay: Opera Mini delivers the full Internet to a regular cellphone. If you wish to submit your application or service for review, please contact us at. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn’t in the mobile content industry. Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. ![]()
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