Opera has last month released two versions of its mobile browser, the Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 sending the users into a tizzy as which one should they go for?

The biggest difference between the two is that Opera Mobile 11 is only for those smartphones that has Symbian, Android or Windows Phone operating system. Else, you will have to be content with Opera Mini 6 only.

The core of both the mobile browsers remains the same. The Browser experience and features are also similar in both. The browser engine in Opera Mini 6 is located on Opera servers, whereas Opera Mobile 11 has the browser engine stored in your phone itself.

When the users enter a web address in the address bar of the browser, the Opera Mobile 11 gets the page loaded directly from the web server, whereas in Opera Mini 6, the request first goes to Opera Mini server, which gets the pages for you from the web. The pages are then converted into a lightweight version which is then sent to the smartphones.

In Opera Mini 6, however, some complicated web pages may not appear correctly in your smartphones. The advanced users could get both the browsers installed and browse mobile websites depending on the connection, for example they may use Opera Mobile 11 when they are on WiFi and Opera Mini 6 when they are browsing on mobile service provider network.

There are some superficial changes such as the black navigation bar background and menu bar icon that now appears as “O”. Once users start browsing, they notice the deeper changes. The HTML5 support, better web page rendering, and of course the touchscreen specialist &#151pinch zooming, which is extremely smooth and works well even on phones where RAM (random access memory) is less.

However, the Pinch to Zoom function does not work well on resistive touchscreens or on phones where multi touch doesn’t work.

The Symbian version of Opera Mobile 11 looks good. Zooming in the web pages doesn’t distract from the web pages because the text fits again to adjust with the screen size. Another new feature is zooming in and zooming out by just tapping twice on the touchscreens. In the earlier version, only a single tap allowed users to zoom in.

The demand from users that they be allowed to quickly go up or down the web page has also been answered this time with the on screen arrows.

The sharing feature allowed in Android and Symbian (on these phones, sharing is called “SEND”) phones lets users to share the web page address and title with others. The new tabs are opened in the background, another change from earlier Opera version.

And yes, users can play Flash videos on it without even downloading Flash player in their devices. The navigation bar of the browser goes to the top in tablet version of the browser.

Adobe has announced a new version of its popular Creative Suite for smartphones and tablet PCs.

The Creative Suite 5.5 allows video and image editing by the users. Along with this, there are new capabilities added as well that integrate the tablets into creative workflows, said the company in a release.

The software firm has also announced subscription plans which will allow users to use the Adobe apps by just paying a rental instead of buying them outright.

The prices, of the new version, start from $35 (about Rs 1,500) which goes up to $129 (about Rs 5,700) as users add more apps to their shopping cart.

The software firm has also come out with three iPad applications: Color Lava (it helps mixing colours and helps it transfer to Photoshop), Nav (it lets users choose Photoshop tools) and Ezael (a finger painting app).

The trend of content editing software programmes including audio and video editing on tablets was actually set by Apple itself as it was Apple which showed faith in tablet version of Garageband and iMovie &#151 the software programmes that proved tablets could also be used to create content, instead of just consuming them.

The Adobe approach is slightly different with its new apps, as it pairs the Adobe software programmes on PCs with the tablet apps.

Google has acquired Canada-based mobile music streaming service PushLife, an indication that the internet giant is eying to launch its own music service.

Founded in 2008, PushLife’s service allows users to buy and synchronise music on their phones with music libraries on their PCs, using iTunes or Windows Media Players as the primary storage centres.

The services of PushLife are currently supported on Nokia (S40 and S60) devices, as well as handsets from LG, Samsung, BlackBerry and other Android devices. However, the services are not currently available on iPhones.

In a statement, PushLife has said that Google is a perfect fit for the company as “there’s a lot more work to do in the mobile space, like improving the way applications look and making them easier to use.”

The PushLife service will eventually be discontinued, and replaced by Google’s own replacement created through this acquisition.

Apple currently dominates the music market through its iTunes service, which is available across iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Nokia also has started its Ovi music service, which is also gaining a lot of popularity.

Google, which dominates smartphone market through its mobile operating system Android, has no presence in the music market. In the mobile content space music is the biggest revenue generator with more than half the revenue contribution and as such becomes very attractive place to be in.

Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.

After Windows Phone, the new mobile version of the new Windows Live Messenger is now available in Android Google’s marketplace. Developed and named by Miyowa, the Windows Live Messenger (WLM) is now available for download under the name “Messenger by Miyowa”.

Built and based on the same Windows Phone variant, the Miyowa WLM features multi tabbed functionality with the initial log in screen followed by the main home screen that displays all connections as similar to the PC variant.

Users can also add Yahoo Messenger contacts to this application along with their Hotmail contacts. Direct access to Hotmail is also integrated within the messenger, which certainly helps save some important time otherwise lost is going to Hotmail using the browser.

Since this is the first ever variant of the Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft has restrained from adding advanced features like VoIP calling and even Access to Sky drive (online file storage service of Hotmail) for file transfers.

Microsoft seems more focused on getting the basics right then add more information and features to the forthcoming variants.

Users can now download and use this application on their Android devices from version 1.6 and upwards. Users can either download it directly from the marketplace or can also follow the link to download the application.