On 7/26/06, tiger@zombiezodiac.com <tiger@zombiezodiac.com> wrote:
>
> Are folks on the list just using English phone UI and browsers?
I am. (This is an English-language mailing list.)
> I'm trying to
> figure out why there were such vocal recommendations of Opera.
Opera just works; the competition is very limited.
> It's useful
> to remember that JA-JP as my only accept-language.
I'd bet Opera.com ignores that.
I think it's very unusual for sites to look at your accept headers.
Instead they seem to guess your language from guessing your country
from your IP address.
> 3) Looked for a Japanese press release to make sure Mini 2.0 is really
> available
> in Japan.
Well, Opera Mini is free and downloadable. It's available everywhere!
> Found one, but it wastes a bunch of time talking about "seamless
> support" for SMS. Who in Japan cares about SMS?
Everyone who travels abroad, or has friends abroad.
But surely Opera Mini has nothing to do with SMS.
> 4) Went back to the marketing site and got the URL for download. No QR
> Code on
> the marketing site.
I'm pretty sure QR codes work only on some Japanese phones;
Opera is not a Japanese company.
> 6) It then tells me that if they're wrong, I should go ahead and install. How
> do I know if my phone is really supported??
Just click the link - you'll see either "installing...done" or "wrong
Java version."
> 10) Help installation page wastes a bunch of time talking about
> Internet Access
> Points. How many wifi phones exist in Japan?
Few. Japan is in the dark ages.
(Although McDonald's recently got much more descriptive pamphlets.)
> That's way too much energy for me. I'm giving up on Opera Mini. I'm
> left with
> the impression that although Opera is translating their software, they haven't
> done any work to appropriately release their software in the Japan market.
Opera Mini is a MIDP2 program; it should work on any modern occidental
phone, and most Japanese phones (except for old DoCoMo's, which use a
non-standard Java library - curse of the early adopter).
> In my mind that's much worse than the WZero3 review that started this thread,
> which essentially said that the device is too Japanese (keyboard, etc), and
> needs different default settings.
I think the Wzero3 exhibits most of its problems (battery life etc.)
in Japanese too.
> Actually that's just what the review really
> meant - what it said was that Microsoft is conspiring to ruin the life
> of every
> PDA user.
=)
From what I understand, Microsoft is definitely winning the
PDA/smartphone market.
> Even if that's the real intention of WZero3, at least it's in
> Japanese.
=)
> It's weird, because I just got the Nintendo DS browser and so far I'm really
> happy with that. I guess it must be Nintendo engineering and business folks
> that did the real work of polishing it.
Doesn't Nintendo use Opera? Or is Opera an add-on?
Do you know the providence of the DS browser?
> > I tried Opera Mini on the W-ZERO3 but couldn't get it to work fully.
> > I think I couldn't send it an Okay/Enter command which made it
> > very difficult to use.
Maybe instead you could tap on the buttons (using the stylus).
Received on Wed Jul 26 13:53:40 2006