14 DAY TRIAL // Opera Mini, the most popular mobile browser in the world, has just seen a new update on handsets running under Google's Android operating system.
The application hit version 6.1 only a few weeks ago, when Opera released it on various mobile operating systems out there.
The mobile browser was already updated on various other mobile platforms, and now got a new series of enhancements on Android as well.
According to the development team behind the browser, the main changes in the new application release include fixes for issues related to fonts:
The changelog for the new browser flavor include:
- Avoid using Courier New as default font as seen on CyanogenMod - Speed up of initial font calculation - Fixed issue with missing national letters - Reduced memory usage. As always, those who download and install the new application version are encouraged to provide their feedback on the experience they receive, so that any other issues that the mobile browser might include could be resolved.
The Opera Mini browser is already available on a wide range of handsets out there, ranging from feature phones to smartphones running under Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, or iOS.
The application already enjoys a number of more than 100 million users each month, and is expected to attract even more of them.
Opera Mini was packed with a wide range of appealing features that remind of the desktop flavor of the application, as well as with a series of capabilities specific to a mobile browser.
One of these would be a compression technology through which web pages are compressed by up to 90 percent before sending them to devices, which translates into less data usage and important savings for both end-users and for wireless carriers.
The Opera Mini 6.1 for Android mobile browser was made available for download via the Android Market here, but users can also download it from Softpedia, via this link.