(Credit: Opera)
Opera has just made its Opera Mobile 10.1 browser available for download on the Android Market. Still in beta, this app costs nothing and gives users an alternative to the built-in Webkit browser.
We downloaded it and, so far, it works well. At the moment, we can't tell with any certainty if it's any faster than the default browser, but sites load without problems and scrolling around large pages is smooth. Like the desktop version of Opera, you get the Speed Dial feature, which puts all your favourite pages on one page for easy access. Regular users of Opera can also turn to the Opera Link feature to synchronise their desktop bookmarks to the mobile browser.
Try it out yourself by searching on Android Market or visiting m.opera.com/next on your Android smartphone. Take note that this version is not the same as Opera Mini. The latter uses the Opera servers as a proxy to send optimised versions of web pages to your mobile device so as to reduce loading times.
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