14 DAY TRIAL // The Opera Mini browser has made another step towards fully conquering the mobile space, as it will be preloaded on devices coming from handset manufacturer Onda, in Brazil.
The move is part of a deal between Opera Software and Onda, and involves the pre-loading of Opera Mini on the Onda N235, the first Onda phone to arrive on shelves in Brazil and which is available for the open market.
On the Onda N235, users will enjoy one-click access to the highly popular Opera Mini browser, which should translate into an efficient surfing of the web, and also in instant access to information even when on the go.
The Onda N235 already is a feature-packed mobile phone, and the inclusion of Opera Mini on it should make it even more appealing to end-users, the handset vendor announced.
The mobile phone sports a QWERTY keyboard, along with dual SIM technology, and enables users to take advantage of two phone subscriptions at the same time through the use of a secondary SIM card.
“The addition of the Opera Mini mobile browser to our handset is the perfect marriage and provides a fast and secure mobile Internet connection to our users in Brazil,” said Vincenzo Di Giorgio, CEO of Onda in Brazil.
“The popularity of Opera made it an easy choice for us when deciding on which browser company to partner with as we launch our new device in the Brazilian open market.” Opera Mini is the most popular mobile browser in the world, with over 100 million monthly users, who access over two billion pages every day.
The application is loaded on a number of more than 3,000 different mobile phone models around the world, including feature phones and smartphones.
One of the most important features it was packed with is a compression technology through which all pages are compressed by up to 90 percent before being sent to the mobile phone.
“Our goal has always been to offer the full Web to our users — no matter the device. Partnering with a popular handset maker such as Onda makes us closer to our purpose of bringing the Internet anywhere, everywhere,” said Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software.