At 04:42 23/10/2009, you wrote: >Hi, > >This may or may not amaze some people. My Treo 650 was getting long >in the tooth and loosing screws. Time to change phones. > >I did a lot of soul searching. With my wife's Pre nightmare, that >was out of the question. > >I really can't leave Sprint cause of a family plan and big discount. >That leaves out the iPhone et al. > >I opted for the Treo 755p. Downsides were a mediocre browser and a >GPS that doesn't work with apps. > >Upsides are faster comm speed, more memory, familiar operation & >apps, and the ability to take my fav apps with me. (Some don't exist >elsewhere). > >That's the background, here is the question: > >I couldn't consider the Opera browser before because of memory. >Especially since Opera needs a Java kit. I now have more memory. >Anyone use the Opera browser on a Palm Treo?
yes Treo 680 >Is it worth the extra memory? If you do web browsing then yes. >Any downsides? > It uses opera proxy to filter websites to fit on opera mini better. This stops you using WiFi in pubs and cafes that need you to enter the key into a web browser and use the internet only through the web browser. Open Wifi networks are fine though. There is also Netfront that you can use along with blazer thats default. Martin N Owner of the bwfc yahoogroup and Co-Moderator of MiniDisc and amithlonopen yahoo groups.
