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Oct 20, 2011 07:15 GMT  ·  By

Opera Labs has just announced the availability of a new build of Opera Mobile for Android that adds support for native pages and getUserMedia method.

Although the new build is based on Opera Mobile 11.5 for Android, users should know that the mobile web browser installs next to the standard Opera Mobile 11.5 for Android.

Given the fact that the application has not gone through full release testing it may include unknown bugs or issues, so it's considered experimental and intended for development and testing purposes only.

However, those who want to get a glimpse of these new features can download the latest Opera Labs build for Android device, which is available at Softpedia.

One of the most exciting new features introduced by the new build is codename Opera Reader, and allows users to split pages into paged media, in exactly the same manner that modern e-Readers are doing.

Basically, users will be able to read webpages in a more “book-like” style, by using the “next page” and “previous page” buttons.

Even though this is just a concept the folks at Opera Labs think it's beneficial to have an open technology that allows users to read content in this manner.

Commenting on the subject, Chris Mills, Developer Relations Manager at Opera, said: “To this end, we are very excited to give you a first look at how a browser can split content into native pages. This proof of concept implements CSS3 extensions to split content into pages that can be “turned” in a natural manner through gestures rather than point and click, control the positioning/floating of figures in multi-column layouts more precisely and provide a consistent navigation system for such content that is independent of your documents.”

The new build is available for multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.