Lets be honest browsing at 640 x 480 fucking SUCKS. Also no video support (wmp/quicktime/etc.) About the only thing you can do with this is go to youtube/ play flash games at a shitty resolution. I realize this is just the beta but if things arnt improved theres no way im paying $5 for this shit.
It's free now for Beta and it's going to be Free when the release is... Unless your lazy and don't grab it until after Summer... but I agree with you in some aspect with what you can do atm, we'll see what happens.
Don't deny the fact that people could type 10 times faster with a keyboard. For the Opera browser to be practical, they're going to have to offer keyboard support. Otherwise it'll just lose its novelty.
It's free during the beta stages. In March the final release will come out. Then in July you'll be forced to pay $5 for the final version if you want to use the browser.