You are right about Skyfire that processing occurs on their servers. I am not certain that this model will continue through to the final product. Opera Mobile 9.5 would not rely on back-end servers. Let’s not forget that Microsoft will be releasing their own Pocket IE version which would also render full pages. In theory, the new PIE was promised for WinMo 6.1 but it has not appeared as yet. My guess (and relevant info), has it making an appearance in Q4 2008. It is derived from a project called “Deepfish” (there was an open beta on this for a period of time). If it is indeed based on Deepfish, it may actually outdistance both Skyfire and Opera Mobile.

In any case, users of the Tilt can and should download and use Opera Mini 4.1. In many ways, except for support for flash, it is superior to everything else out there and it is amazingly speedy.

What I am concerned about is the security of data – it seems that the way it works is they do all processing at their servers, meaning all data that we enter will be transmitted to their servers. Does it get transmitted in a secur way to their servers ? And have they said anything about how secure the data is at their servers ?

Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

I assume Opera 9.5 doesn’t rely on back-end servers, just the above may be a deciding point between opera 9.5 and Skyfire.

Regards,

I thought I differentiated between Opera Mobile and Opera mini quite clearly.

In a phone sans keyboard but with a good bluetooth configuration (this would exclude all versions of the iPhone), a bluetooth keyboard may be added. As a primary phone, I always have a phone with a QWERTY keyboard (either WinMo or Blackberry). I currently own both a Tilt and Blackberry Curve and the Tilt is by far my preferred devise for many a reason.

First, are you talking about Opera Mobile or Opera Mini?

This is completely different than skyfire. Skyfire renders the pages on the skyfire servers (which I assume are very fast). Opera Mobile (not to be confused with opera mini which works similar to skyfire) is a modified version of the Opera desktop browser and it does all the rendering on your device.

Oh, and what are you using for a keyboard if not phone sans keyboard?