New updates to free popular Java (J2ME) apps (Google Maps & Mail, Opera Mini)

John,

With, opera mini do you have to uninstall ver 2 before installing ver 3 or Will ver 3 upgrade prior installs?

Dave

How's Opera Mini compared to Blazer on a Treo 650?

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:27 GMT, John Navas wrote in :

UPDATE: Now that I've put more stress on GMM, I have to revise my assessment of stability downward: it isn't much (if any) better than other recent versions, and bookmarks are essentially unusable. Reinstalling without retaining saved data did not help. Wish I could revert back to a much earlier version, before bookmark support was added. :(

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:54:11 GMT, "Deputy Dog" wrote in :

I didn't have to uninstall v2 before installing v3, but as I wrote, v3 wouldn't install (due to an error) over v2 when I tried to retain the data from v2 -- I had to _not_ retain the data from v2 to get v3 to install successfully over v2, thereby losing all my bookmarks.

Works fine for me -never crashes.

Same here on a Cingular 8125. Works well with the Holux Bluetooth GPS as well.

Don

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:59:11 -0500, "Don Udel \\(ETC\\)" wrote in :

Apples and oranges: The 8125 is a Windows Mobile device, not a standard J2ME handset.

I can't get 'Track Location' (GPS) to work, can you?

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:49:51 -0600, "Thurman" wrote in :

Doesn't exist in the standard handset version.

Opera blows Blazer out of the water. No comparison!!

Have a good one.

Cool. thanks for the tip. Will try.\\

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:27 GMT, John Navas wrote in :

Spoke too soon ...

Issue: Letters can't be entered properly in Add Recipients Search

When trying to Compose mail, using the "To:" control to Add Recipients from Contacts, the Search control doesn't work reliably; e.g., pressing the "3 DEF" key three times in rapid succession (to get the letter "f") sometimes results in "f", but most often results in "ddd" instead. This makes it essentially impossible for me to use the Compose feature.

• Multi-press only seems to only work properly for the first Add Recipients Search letter after Gmail Mobile has been started. From then on it seems to consistently fail unless and until it is restarted.

• I have a great many Contacts (over 600), which might have something to do with the problem.

• Others have reported the same problem.

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:27 GMT, John Navas wrote in :

Updated again, this time to v3.1.0 Per the Opera Mini blog , some of the most important changes:

New feature:

• Manage RSS feeds

Newly supported devices:

• T-mobile dash * Motorola i275, i850, i860, i870 (iDEN) - we will post more info about this later

Network and connectivity:

• Improved connectivity for devices that are forced to use IP addresses * Improved connectivity for BlackBerry devices that uses the carriers T-Mobile, Cingular and Vodafone * Better connectivity for Samsung and Sprint devices

Rendering fixes:

• Better text rendering for Samsung BlackJack SGH-i607 * Improved memory handling when using high quality images * New dialog window * Fixed overlapping texts in menu bar * Fixed menu bar height for letters with diacritic marks * Fixed favicon alignment

Input and key event fixes:

• Dismissing dialogs works better on Motorola's * Fixed smooth scrolling for LG CU320 * Soft key fix for Phillips 362 * Various fixes for UIQ3 devices * Fixed issue with going back when holding the back key on Sony Ericsson devices (easier to enter the native minimize menu) * Better key handling for Alcatel GlamPhone and OT-C750

Snapshot fixes:

• Sony Ericsson Z520 - multiple permission dialogs fixed and better resolution * Various Nokia models - stability improvements for snapshot previews * Motorola A780 - made viewfinder visible again

Other fixes:

• Fixed page loading errors for Sprint phones using Opera Mini Basic * ... and many more