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Opera Mini Vs. Nokia’s Built-In Browser

Author: J. Angelo Racoma Category: web Tags: browser, mobility, Nokia, opera, web Views: 15467

Sunday
Aug 31, 2008

I’ve been using my Nokia E51′s browser extensively since I acquired the phone a few months back. It lets me check emails, post blog entries, and even read my feeds while mobile. I can do this both thru WiFi hotspots or even via 3G/GPRS. My old LG had a browser, too, but the phone was simply too, well, simple for my growing needs. I installed Opera Mini on the LG and it made a big difference in terms of functionality.

And so having grown quite bored of the same old Nokia browser I use everyday, I decided to install Opera Mini. The diminuitive browser is well-praised for its speed and ability to render pages nicely on small screens.

However, I do have issues with speed. I don’t know if it’s a limitation on the part of my phone, or the software itself. Frankly, I find that Nokia’s built-in browser is just faster in most cases. From startup, to loading pages, to the general responsiveness of the interface.

I guess this is how it is with built-in software vs. add-ons.

Am I alone here?

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Andre Marcelo-Tanner

September 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm

I love it because it can render normal pages in almost any phone

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Dexter | Tech At Hand Dot Net

September 24th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

Is it the full version of Opera MIni.. Nag eexpire ba yan ?

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irfan

January 12th, 2009 at 12:26 am

hey, its the other way around for me… my nokia e51 web browser freezes while the opera mini surfs VERY smoothly… this only happens with 3G connection though… on Wifi both are the same.

Does anyone know how to fix this? It’s very annoying to be not able to browse the internet using gsm connection thru the built-in nokia browser…

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bong_ediza@yahoo.com

July 4th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

i want anti virus on nokia..

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kevin

July 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am

why does my cp browser can’t browse?, and everytime i browse, it says “link not available”

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neo

December 8th, 2010 at 8:13 pm

well it depends on the network.. and the ability of the software to interact.. that makes it slow.. sometimes operamini wont respond, its the socket/http request thing.. of course the built in is faster coz it has nothing to do in excess, just page load.. its just like using wifi compared to wired connection, sometimes its much faster on the wired than on the wireless connection.

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