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Opera Mini Passes the 35 Million Users Mark in September

Norwegian software company Opera Software announced on Tuesday that its mobile browser solution Opera Mini was used in September 2009 by more than 35.6 million people all around the world. According to the company, the figure marks an 11.5 percent increase in usage from the previous month, as well as an increase of o...

28 October 2009
06:44 GMT

Opera Mini Goes to Korea via SK Telecom

Norwegian software company Opera Software announced on Tuesday that its popular Opera Mini mobile browser would soon become available in Korea via a series of handsets from the Korea-based SK Telecom. According to the company, its software solution is expected to surface on the carrier's devices starting with Oc...

23 September 2009
04:19 GMT

Download Opera Mini 5 Beta

As expected, Norwegian software company Opera Software announced on Tuesday the launch of a new version of its highly popular mobile browser Opera Mini. Available now in a beta variant, Opera Mini 5 is set to deliver a superior browsing experience, the company states, and comes with a series of new features and impro...

16 September 2009
04:01 GMT

Opera – The Next Generation in Mobile Browsing Coming Very Soon

Opera Software is no stranger to secretive pseudo-announcements regarding its upcoming products. The company managed to stir up quite a wave of interest with its marketing tactics around Opera Unite, earlier this year, announcing at the time that it was going to revolutionize the web.Well, Opera Software is at it aga...

11 September 2009
10:21 GMT

Opera Mini Scores 10 Billion Pages in June

Every month, Opera releases a press report with detailed statistics regarding the mobile web. According to this report, in June 2009, Opera Mini users have accessed more than ten billion pages, with a total of 168 million MB of traffic. This report, called "The State of the Mobile Web," provides precious information...

28 July 2009
11:21 GMT

Opera Mini to See Massive Availability in the US

Opera is expected to soon announce to the world a US carrier deal that was speculated to become public at the CTIA Wireless conference this year. The company's chief executive confirmed recently the fact that the Opera Mini browser would soon become widely available on the United States market due to its presenc...

8 July 2009
06:39 GMT

Opera Mini Usage Grows 157% Year-Over-Year

Norwegian software company Opera announced on Monday that its Opera Mini web browser had seen a major growth in usage, page views and data transfers. In March 2009, more than 23 million people used Opera Mini, marking a 157 percent increase compared to the same time frame a year ago, and a 12.1 percent increase from ...

28 April 2009
05:32 GMT

Opera Mini Goes to Brazil on TIM

Opera Software and TIM Brazil announced that the Opera Mini browser for mobile phones would come pre-installed on the Samsung T-459 (Scrapy). The cell phone carrier will offer the handset equipped with the Opera Mini for TIM Internet for all of its subscribers. At the same time, the announcement marks the debut of Op...

6 April 2009
03:59 GMT

Opera Mini to Come to Virgin Mobile USA Handsets

Opera Software announced at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show in Las Vegas that is had made an agreement with Virgin Mobile USA for the distribution of its Opera Mini on some of the carrier's mobile phones. At the same time, the company also stated that Helio LLC, a Virgin Mobile USA subsidiary, was the first co...

2 April 2009
05:50 GMT

Opera Turbo Announced to Provide Faster Browsing Experience

Opera unveiled today its latest innovation meant to provide better web browsing, under the name of Opera Turbo. The company announced that it planned to showcase the new turbo-charged way to surf at the Mobile World Congress, which is held between February 16-18 in Barcelona Spain. The new Opera Turbo will be availa...

12 February 2009
11:12 GMT

The Third GetJar Annual Mobile Awards Announced

The most popular destination for downloading mobile applications, GetJar, has announced its third annual Mobile Awards. The best applications of the year are considered to be Google Maps, Opera Mini, scanR, Twitter and Strands Social Player. These star applications prove that mobile phone programs have become an inte...

30 December 2008
12:26 GMT

Opera Mini 4.2 Beta Out. iPhone Owners Still Waiting for the Browser.

Opera has released a beta for its Opera Mini web browser currently at version 4.2. The mobile web browsing solution has been at the center of hot debates recently, with Opera's CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner reportedly saying that “Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can r...

11 November 2008
08:04 GMT

Opera Mini for iPhone Hasn't Even Been Submitted

Reports saying Opera Mini had been rejected by Apple for use on iPhone may not have been entirely accurate, according to further research conducted by John Gruber, MacRumors reveals. Allegedly, the Opera team hasn't even been able to submit the web browser to Apple for App Store approval, therefore rejection is ...

3 November 2008
13:33 GMT

Opera Web Browser Denied in the App Store

Word on the web is that Apple has refused Opera's proposition to get its web browser on iPhones. Apple has a record of rejecting applications aimed at iPhone use, on the grounds that most of them conflicted with what Apple was already offering.Opera's CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner reportedly said that &l...

31 October 2008
05:22 GMT

Mozilla Firefox Going Mobile

For some time now, alongside Opera and even Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox has been one of the favorite Internet browsers used on most PCs. Unfortunately, until now, only Internet Explorer and Opera could be used on mobile phones, while Firefox remained available for PCs alone. So here is the good news for all Fi...

22 September 2008
08:56 GMT

Opera Mini to Conquer Africa

Opera Software announced that MTN, Uganda's largest mobile carrier, has selected the Opera Mini mobile browser to be embedded in its customers' handsets. This will allow MTN's Ugandan subscribers (almost 3 million) to access the Web with ease, wherever they might be (as long as their mobile device is f...

28 August 2008
10:19 GMT

Opera Mini Integrates Jamba / Jamster Content

Jamba, the Berlin-based mobile entertainment provider known in some countries under the name of Jamster, has announced that Opera Mini, the world's most popular mobile browser, now features a Jamba bookmark on its homepage. This comes as a result of the collaboration between the German company and Opera Software...

18 August 2008
09:28 GMT

Opera Highlights the Versatility of Opera Mini

Opera, the well-known company behind the popular desktop and mobile browsers with the same name, has issued a press release in which it emphasizes the fact that we do not have to own a smartphone in order to have a good mobile browsing experience. Opera continuously promotes the free-of-charge Opera Mini (already re...

23 July 2008
06:59 GMT

Opera Gets into Serious Mobile Business

As the mobile Internet market is in continuous expansion, Opera is carrying the day on the German segment. The company has just signed an agreement with Debitel, the largest mobile phone operator in Germany. Debitel will pre-install the Opera Mini web browser on seven of its phones that will be released this summer. ...

11 July 2008
04:56 GMT

Opera Mini 4.1 Is Official and Out of Beta

Opera released today the 4.1 version of Opera Mini, the popular mobile browser compatible with almost any handset out there. After the 4.1 beta version, which came out at the beginning of April, users can now enjoy the final 4.1 version, for free (as any of the previous releases). Opera 4.1 brings several significant...

13 May 2008
06:45 GMT

Opera Mini Embraces Android OS

Opera made public the fact that its highly popular Opera Mini mobile browser has undergone several changes in its API (application programming interface) to be compatible with Android, Google's mobile platform that should soon run on a wide range of new mobile devices. Recognized as the only company to bring th...

10 April 2008
07:38 GMT

Opera Mini 4.1 Beta Unleashed

"Your phone's best friend", meaning Opera Mini, the popular mobile web browser, is available as of today in a new version: 4.1 Beta. Opera Mini 4.1 Beta brings several improvements to the 4.0 version, offering an even better mobile browsing experience. Working with almost any mobile device on the market, O...

2 April 2008
17:06 GMT

Helio Officially Offers Opera Mini

Opera, together with Helio, has just announced the first deployment of Opera Mini on a mobile service provider in the United States. As of today, Helio members can surf the Web with Opera Mini on their Ocean smartphone with a specially-tailored version of the browser designed specifically for the handset. Available a...

21 March 2008
06:54 GMT

Opera Mobile Abandons Yahoo and Embraces Google

Opera announced that it has made Google the default search engine for its mobile browsers, Opera Mobile and Opera Mini. From now on, mobile users that work with Opera can access Google's search engine directly from the browser's start page, for a quick and easy way to get the information they need. The...

28 February 2008
04:38 GMT

Opera Mini Goes BREW

Opera Software announced that the most popular mobile browser in the world, Opera Mini, is now compatible with mobile phones that use the BREW platform developed by Qualcomm. Providing an excellent mobile Internet browsing experience to millions of users, Opera Mini is now available for the feature-rich BREW mobile...

10 December 2007
09:22 GMT

Opera Mini 4 Is Now Ready for Our Mobile Phones

The only company that brings the Web to any device, and we mean Opera of course, released Opera Mini 4, the latest version of its excellent mobile browser that brings us a full Internet browsing experience on almost any modern mobile phone. After the beta version, which came out this summer, now it's time for t...

8 November 2007
06:58 GMT

Helio Ocean Receives Third Party Apps

Helio Ocean has just received an important upgrade due to the efforts of some members of Heliocity. The device has just received its first 3rd party app and a pretty important one, as the device will support Opera Mini from now on.The smartphone was revealed a few months ago and received with enthusiasm by all those...

6 August 2007
03:27 GMT

Opera Mini Is the Most Popular Web Browser

More than a year has passed since the official launch of Opera Mini. During this time, the Java ME web browser has gained considerable popularity among users as to become the most popular such application at the moment.Opera Mini has been used until now by more than 15 million people, which resulted in its becoming t...

11 May 2007
03:47 GMT

T-Mobile Brings My Opera Community to Mobile

Opera Software has announced that mobile operator T-Mobile is going to bring a customized version of the My Opera Community to its web'n'walk users. This will allow customers to take advantage of My Opera's features including photoblogging, photo albums and more, on their web'n'walk powered m...

16 March 2007
11:37 GMT


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