Opera Mobile 12.0.1 for Android and Symbian – Opera Mini “Next” v7 beta [Now Available]

Opera has recently released new versions of its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini for different platforms. Opera Mobile 12.0.1 is a bug fix release following the original Opera Mobile 12 which was released later last month. Check the following list below to see which features were introduced in Opera Mobile 12 and what’s fixed now in new 12.0.1 release.

Features since Opera Mobile 12 and available with 12.0.1:

Added:

• Support for more than 9 speed dials
• WebGL support (Android only)
• HTML5 Camera (Android 2.1+ only)
• HTML5 Device Orientation
• HTML5 parser (Ragnarök)
• Android Beam support (NFC)
• Added Flash support on Android 4.0.3
• RTL text support in UI
• Turkish, Arabic, and Farsi translation
• Support for Russian input in Opera VK (S60 only)
• Quick access to URL/search from Symbian status bar (S60 5.0 and Symbian^3)

Improved:

• Keyboard support (Android only)
• Scrolling on high pixel devices (Galaxy Nexus)
• Closing of tabs
• SSL connection speed
• Tab session restore
• Find in page UI

Upgraded:

• Presto core (2.10.254)
• Support -o-linear-gradient and -o-radial-gradient for <image>
• Many improvements to the XMLHTTPRequest support
• Improved text kerning (text should reflow better when pinch zooming)
• Speed dial screenshot quality improved

Fixed known issues in latest 12.0.1 release:

Fixes for Android:

• Fixed slow performance while loading pages
• Fixed pages blocked by urlfilter.ini
• Fixed SVG rendering
• General stabilization

Fixes for Symbian:

• Improved performance of zooming animations and general responsiveness during page loading
• Fixed web forms auto-submission
• Fixed crash when signing in on twitter.com
• Fixed HTML5 audio/video tags support (now report 319 + 9 bonus points on html5test.com)
• Fixed a number of startup/shutdown crashes
• Changes for font size in opera:config can now be saved

• (Not Fixed) RTL is not fully supported in input fields
• (Not Fixed) keypad navigation issues on touch devices with QWERTY keyboard

Opera Mini Next

Opera Mini Next is the version 7 (currently in beta) which can be downloaded from here. A new feature “Smart Page” is introduced to provide social  integration for feature phones. Opera Mini Next is J2ME compatible hence is available for Blackberry and S60 devices as well as J2ME supported devices.

Features in Opera Mini Next:

• Added Smart Page with social integration
• Support for more than 9 speed dials
• Much improved RTL text rendering
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to get a context menu for an URL text input field
• Last character of a long word was missing when input was done
• Auto update support
• Splash screen optimizations
• General stability fixes
• Translations for Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Hebrew
• Support for Russian input in Opera VK (S60 only)
• Quick access to URL/search from Symbian status bar (S60 5.0 and Symbian^3)

You can visit the official blog post for more information on Opera Mini Next.

[source Opera Blog]