New updates to free popular Java (J2ME) apps (Google Maps & Mail, Opera Mini)

[As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]

v1.4.4 of Google Maps for Mobile <http://www.google.com/gmm>

Significantly more stable than recent prior versions -- hasn't yet
crashed, and hasn't yet lost history data, but still loses bookmarks
unpredictably, so it's still not fully stable. Worth the upgrade, and
very useful even with the bookmark issue, but still a work in progress.

v1.1.0 of Google Mail for Mobile <http://google.com/mobile/gmail>

Substantially more stable that v1.0.0 (which crashed frequently) --
hasn't yet crashed, and does an excellent job of handling email.
Excellent application. Highly recommended.

v3.0.0 of Opera Mini <http://mini.opera.com>

Significant update that retains look and feel of prior version.
Wouldn't install if I preserved by existing bookmark data, so I had to
start over -- may not be worth the update if you've got a lot of
bookmarks. Excellent application. Highly recommended.

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"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> [As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]
>
> v1.4.4 of Google Maps for Mobile <http://www.google.com/gmm>
>
> Significantly more stable than recent prior versions -- hasn't yet
> crashed, and hasn't yet lost history data, but still loses bookmarks
> unpredictably, so it's still not fully stable. Worth the upgrade, and
> very useful even with the bookmark issue, but still a work in progress.
>
> v1.1.0 of Google Mail for Mobile <http://google.com/mobile/gmail>
>
> Substantially more stable that v1.0.0 (which crashed frequently) --
> hasn't yet crashed, and does an excellent job of handling email.
> Excellent application. Highly recommended.
>
> v3.0.0 of Opera Mini <http://mini.opera.com>
>
> Significant update that retains look and feel of prior version.
> Wouldn't install if I preserved by existing bookmark data, so I had to
> start over -- may not be worth the update if you've got a lot of
> bookmarks. Excellent application. Highly recommended.
>
> --
> Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

John,

With, opera mini do you have to uninstall ver 2 before installing ver 3 or
Will ver 3 upgrade prior installs?

Dave

In article <7yLAh.5632$8b1.314@trndny03>,
"Deputy Dog" <dave@(removethis)sibbett.com> wrote:

> "John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > [As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]
> >
> > v1.4.4 of Google Maps for Mobile <http://www.google.com/gmm>
> >
> > Significantly more stable than recent prior versions -- hasn't yet
> > crashed, and hasn't yet lost history data, but still loses bookmarks
> > unpredictably, so it's still not fully stable. Worth the upgrade, and
> > very useful even with the bookmark issue, but still a work in progress.
> >
> > v1.1.0 of Google Mail for Mobile <http://google.com/mobile/gmail>
> >
> > Substantially more stable that v1.0.0 (which crashed frequently) --
> > hasn't yet crashed, and does an excellent job of handling email.
> > Excellent application. Highly recommended.
> >
> > v3.0.0 of Opera Mini <http://mini.opera.com>
> >
> > Significant update that retains look and feel of prior version.
> > Wouldn't install if I preserved by existing bookmark data, so I had to
> > start over -- may not be worth the update if you've got a lot of
> > bookmarks. Excellent application. Highly recommended.
> >
How's Opera Mini compared to Blazer on a Treo 650?

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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:27 GMT, John Navas
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>[As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]
>
>v1.4.4 of Google Maps for Mobile <http://www.google.com/gmm>
>
>Significantly more stable than recent prior versions -- hasn't yet
>crashed, and hasn't yet lost history data, but still loses bookmarks
>unpredictably, so it's still not fully stable. Worth the upgrade, and
>very useful even with the bookmark issue, but still a work in progress.

UPDATE: Now that I've put more stress on GMM, I have to revise my
assessment of stability downward: it isn't much (if any) better than
other recent versions, and bookmarks are essentially unusable.
Reinstalling without retaining saved data did not help. Wish I could
revert back to a much earlier version, before bookmark support was
added.

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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:54:11 GMT, "Deputy Dog"
<dave@(removethis)sibbett.com> wrote in <7yLAh.5632$8b1.314@trndny03>:

>"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> [As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]

>> v3.0.0 of Opera Mini <http://mini.opera.com>
>>
>> Significant update that retains look and feel of prior version.
>> Wouldn't install if I preserved by existing bookmark data, so I had to
>> start over -- may not be worth the update if you've got a lot of
>> bookmarks. Excellent application. Highly recommended.

>With, opera mini do you have to uninstall ver 2 before installing ver 3 or
>Will ver 3 upgrade prior installs?

I didn't have to uninstall v2 before installing v3, but as I wrote, v3
wouldn't install (due to an error) over v2 when I tried to retain the
data from v2 -- I had to _not_ retain the data from v2 to get v3 to
install successfully over v2, thereby losing all my bookmarks.

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
John Navas <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:27 GMT, John Navas
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> <(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
> >[As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]
> >
> >v1.4.4 of Google Maps for Mobile <http://www.google.com/gmm>
> >
> >Significantly more stable than recent prior versions -- hasn't yet
> >crashed, and hasn't yet lost history data, but still loses bookmarks
> >unpredictably, so it's still not fully stable. Worth the upgrade, and
> >very useful even with the bookmark issue, but still a work in progress.
>
> UPDATE: Now that I've put more stress on GMM, I have to revise my
> assessment of stability downward: it isn't much (if any) better than
> other recent versions, and bookmarks are essentially unusable.
> Reinstalling without retaining saved data did not help. Wish I could
> revert back to a much earlier version, before bookmark support was
> added.

Works fine for me -never crashes.

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"Kurt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Works fine for me -never crashes.
>
Same here on a Cingular 8125. Works well with the Holux Bluetooth GPS as
well.

Don

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:59:11 -0500, "Don Udel \(ETC\)"
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>"Kurt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Works fine for me -never crashes.
>>
>Same here on a Cingular 8125. Works well with the Holux Bluetooth GPS as
>well.

Apples and oranges: The 8125 is a Windows Mobile device, not a standard
J2ME handset.

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"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> [As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]
>
> v1.4.4 of Google Maps for Mobile <http://www.google.com/gmm>
>
> Significantly more stable than recent prior versions -- hasn't yet
> crashed, and hasn't yet lost history data, but still loses bookmarks
> unpredictably, so it's still not fully stable. Worth the upgrade, and
> very useful even with the bookmark issue, but still a work in progress.

I can't get 'Track Location' (GPS) to work, can you?

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:49:51 -0600, "Thurman" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> [As tested on my Motorola V551 (with latest firmware)]
>>
>> v1.4.4 of Google Maps for Mobile <http://www.google.com/gmm>
>>
>> Significantly more stable than recent prior versions -- hasn't yet
>> crashed, and hasn't yet lost history data, but still loses bookmarks
>> unpredictably, so it's still not fully stable. Worth the upgrade, and
>> very useful even with the bookmark issue, but still a work in progress.
>
>I can't get 'Track Location' (GPS) to work, can you?

Doesn't exist in the standard handset version.

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