wraggster
January 19th, 2013, 21:32
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/01/opera-ice-browser.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/18/opera-ice-webkit-browser-android-ios/)Opera has been in the mobile web browser game for some time now (http://www.engadget.com/tag/operamini/), but it looks like it's set to soon shake things up considerably. As detailed in an internal video obtained byPocket-lint, the company has been working on an all-new mobile browser dubbed "Ice," which ditches the company's own Presto engine in favor of WebKit (http://www.engadget.com/tag/webkit/) (bringing it in line with the likes of Safari and Chrome). What's more, Ice looks to fully embrace a touch interface optimized for smartphones and tablets, with gestures replacing buttons and icons on a central home screen replacing tabs. You can apparently look for it to land on both Android and iOS sometime in February, with a new desktop version of Opera set to follow in March (details on it are comparatively light). Head on past the break for some highlights from the video.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/18/opera-ice-webkit-browser-android-ios/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/18/opera-ice-webkit-browser-android-ios/