The Ovi Browser is powered by patented Internet compression technology that delivers advanced web pages to your phone. The result is that pages show up quicker than ever, plus over the air data is reduced by up to 90%. Now this is something what Opera Mini does and now you have a choice. Beyond that, Nokia says its got a new user interface that puts your favourite content right on the start page instead of making you hunt through menus. Three view modes, Full Page, Zoomed-in and Column View, search on the start page with a choice of engines, favourites, history, URL and form auto completion, speed scrolling on the numeric keypad, and it jumps straight to the main content of a page so you scroll less.
It went up on Nokia Beta Labs on the 28th, tagged as likely to graduate to a commercial product. Im guessing this is what Nokia bought Novarra for back in March, though thats only my hunch. Point your phone at browser.ovi.com to grab it, then look in your Apps or Games folder. S40 only, and the list names 19 models so far, pretty much every shop shelf here, 2700 classic, 5130 XpressMusic, X3. No Symbian version, so S60 users like me stay on Opera Mobile for now. Nokia says a next beta with more localised versions is coming, so stay tuned. And yes, normal operator data charges still apply !!
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