diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-header.php b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
index a65108ade0..d6ba54dd71 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ unset($hook_suffixes, $hook_suffix);
 </div>
 
 <?php
-$gears_compat = false;
-
-if ( ($is_gecko || $is_winIE) && strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']), 'webkit') === false ) { 
-	$gears_compat = true;
+if ( ! $is_opera ) { 
 ?>
 	<div id="gears-info-box" class="info-box" style="display:none;">
 	<img src="images/gear.png" title="Gear" alt="" class="gears-img" />
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ if ( ($is_gecko || $is_winIE) && strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']),
 
 <?php } ?>
 
-<div id="user_info"><p><?php printf(__('Howdy, <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a>!'), 'profile.php', $user_identity) ?> | <a href="<?php echo site_url('wp-login.php?action=logout', 'login') ?>" title="<?php _e('Log Out') ?>"><?php _e('Log Out'); ?></a> | <?php _e('<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/">Help</a>') ?> | <?php _e('<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">Forums</a>'); if ( $gears_compat ) { ?> | <span id="gears-menu"><a href="#" onclick="wpGears.message(1);return false;"><?php _e('Turbo') ?></a></span><?php } ?></p></div>
+<div id="user_info"><p><?php printf(__('Howdy, <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a>!'), 'profile.php', $user_identity) ?> | <a href="<?php echo site_url('wp-login.php?action=logout', 'login') ?>" title="<?php _e('Log Out') ?>"><?php _e('Log Out'); ?></a> | <?php _e('<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/">Help</a>') ?> | <?php _e('<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">Forums</a>'); if ( ! $is_opera ) { ?> | <span id="gears-menu"><a href="#" onclick="wpGears.message(1);return false;"><?php _e('Turbo') ?></a></span><?php } ?></p></div>
 
 <?php
 require(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/menu-header.php');
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/wp-gears.js b/wp-admin/js/wp-gears.js
index 22b5c00581..20c8aa232a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/wp-gears.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/wp-gears.js
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ wpGears = {
 	},
 
 	storeName : function() {
-      var name = window.location.protocol + window.location.host;
+		var name = window.location.protocol + window.location.host;
 
-      name = name.replace(/[\/\\:*"?<>|;,]+/g, '_'); // gears beta doesn't allow certain chars in the store name
-	  name = 'wp_' + name.substring(0, 60); // max length of name is 64 chars
+		name = name.replace(/[\/\\:*"?<>|;,]+/g, '_'); // gears beta doesn't allow certain chars in the store name
+		name = 'wp_' + name.substring(0, 60); // max length of name is 64 chars
 
-      return name;
-    },
+		return name;
+	},
 
-    message : function(show) {
+	message : function(show) {
 		var t = this, msg1 = t.I('gears-msg1'), msg2 = t.I('gears-msg2'), msg3 = t.I('gears-msg3'), num = t.I('gears-upd-number'), wait = t.I('gears-wait');
 
 		if ( ! msg1 ) return;
@@ -61,23 +61,32 @@ wpGears = {
 	I : function(id) {
 		return document.getElementById(id);
 	}
-}
+};
 
-function gearsInit() {
+(function() {
 	if ( 'undefined' != typeof google && google.gears ) return;
 
 	var gf = false;
-	if ( 'undefined' != typeof GearsFactory ) { // Firefox
+	if ( 'undefined' != typeof GearsFactory ) {
 		gf = new GearsFactory();
-	} else { // IE
+	} else {
 		try {
 			gf = new ActiveXObject('Gears.Factory');
-		} catch (e) {}
+			if ( factory.getBuildInfo().indexOf('ie_mobile') != -1 )
+				gf.privateSetGlobalObject(this);
+		} catch (e) {
+			if ( ( 'undefined' != typeof navigator.mimeTypes ) && navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-googlegears'] ) {
+				gf = document.createElement("object");
+				gf.style.display = "none";
+				gf.width = 0;
+				gf.height = 0;
+				gf.type = "application/x-googlegears";
+				document.documentElement.appendChild(gf);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ( ! gf ) return;
 	if ( 'undefined' == typeof google ) google = {};
 	if ( ! google.gears ) google.gears = { factory : gf };
-}
-
-gearsInit();
+})();
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 3e15ea3465..3778526020 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 			'count' => __('Word count: %d')
 		));
 		
-		$scripts->add( 'wp-gears', '/wp-admin/js/wp-gears.js', false, '20080511' );
+		$scripts->add( 'wp-gears', '/wp-admin/js/wp-gears.js', false, '20080721' );
 		$scripts->localize( 'wp-gears', 'wpGearsL10n', array(
 			'updateCompleted' => __('Update completed.'),
 			'error' => __('Error:')