Opera has released the beta of Opera Mobile 10 for Nokia and other Symbian S60 handsets.

With a revamped look and feel, the browser works with touchscreen phones and boasts a host of improvements with the video above giving a brief overview.

Opera Mobile 10 beta is available for Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung smartphones running Symbian S60, 3rd and 5th editions.

The beta is free to download from http://www.opera.com/mobile/next/ or directly to a mobile phone from http://m.opera.com/mobile.

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VIDEO: Opera Mobile 10 beta available for Symbian S60 phones originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:21:53 +0000

Opera has announced that Beta 10.10 of its desktop browser is now available. The beta includes Opera Unite, which adds a server to your web browser, meaning that you can interact with and serve content to other computers on the Web.

The beta includes a few apps which demonstrate this functionality. There's a photosharing service which creates web-based picture galleries, a chat client, a filesharing app which means you don't have to muck about with file uploads, a web server to host your own sites, a media player that can access your library of files from anywhere, and a "fridge" app where you can post notes on friends' virtual refrigerators.

"We invite developers all over the world to use their creativity and imagination to push the boundaries of what is possible with Opera Unite", Opera's CEO Jon von Tetzchener told Pocket-lint. "We are moving closer to our goal of reinventing the Web and are excited to see Opera Unite continue to evolve in powerful and compelling ways".

If you'd like to give it a go, then the beta is available to download now. Once you've got it installed, click the button in the bottom left corner of the browser, and log in or register an OperaID. Then just pick the app you want.

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VIDEO: Opera 10.10 beta unleashed originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:09:49 +0100

Toshiba has unveiled the 55-inch Cell Regza 55X1 in Japan as its new flagship LCD television.

With high quality sound, a contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1, and brightness of 1250cdm2, the 240Hz TV boasts "ultra-high-speed processing and recording, enhanced navigation and seamless network interactivity".

The TV's Opera-powered browser also supports Full HD and can display HD YouTube videos while, thanks to Toshiba's Cell platform, the company boasts processing capability around 143 times that of standard Regzas as well as 512 distict LED backlit areas.

With a 3TB hard disk drive, two of those terabytes are dedicated to the telly's "time-shift machine", which can record up to 26 hours of programmes across 8 channels, so viewers can select to watch a show they've missed and search for content via key words.

The Cell Regza system is made up of a TV and a separate matching box that houses the tuner and the HDD. Both boast a "smoked aluminium finish", as does the remote.

The Cell Regza 55X1 will go on sale in the Japanese market from the beginning of December. We're unsure of pricing, but we're looking at thousands and thousands of pounds, for sure.

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Toshiba Cell Regza 55X1, new flagship television unveiled originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:22:44 +0100

In the States, AT&T has announced the launch of four new mobiles from Pantech and Samsung that are said to feature full-on web browsers, despite their non-smartphone status.

The Pantech Reveal and Impact launch alongside the Samsung Mythic and Flight and are the first to come preloaded with AT&T's new "richer and faster" Opera-powered HTML mobile browser and att.net service.

The 3G, GPS-enabled Pantech Reveal is described as a "slim and snappy slider that features an open-faced numeric keypad on the front of the phone which slides up to uncover a full keyboard underneath".

The Pantech Impact gets an OLED touchscreen with haptics, as well as a a full physical keyboard and a second display revealed via a sideways flip of the phone.

The touch-only Samsung Mythic offers a 3.3-inch display and the TouchWiz UI, while the Samsung Flight, with a vertical sliding form factor and full keyboard is another touchscreen-equipped handset.

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AT and T offers four new web browsin' mobiles originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:20:59 +0100