Recent News, 2006

Surfing USA: Mobileplay offers free mobile services with Opera Miniâ„¢ 2.0

Oslo, Norway and San Francisco – August 1, 2006 Opera Software, world leader in Web browsing technologies, and mobile content pioneer Mobileplay, today announced that Mobileplay will use Opera Mini to promote and distribute its free mobile services to cell phone owners in the USA. The mobile services include news, weather, sports, travel information, games […]

Surf in Bed: Nintendo DS Browser hits Japan

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan – July 24, 2006 Nintendo Co., Ltd. startedselling “Nintendo DS Browser” in Japan today via several dedicatedJapanese online sales sites. Opera Software’s full-featured browserenables Japanese gamers to surf all their favorite Web sites on theNintendo DS or DS Lite. The browser is sold as a separate DS card, justlike Nintendo […]

DIY Widgets: Create Instant Widgets with Opera Widgetize!

Oslo, Norway – July 19, 2006 Opera Software today unveiled Opera Widgetize!, a new free servicethat allows anyone, anywhere to create their own desktop widgets withjust a few mouse clicks. Currently available for RSS and ATOM feeds,Opera Widgetize! lets anyone publish custom widgets for their blog orWeb site so visitors can keep up to date […]

Opera to deliver its browsing technology to IntAct IPTV Client

Oslo, Norway – July 14, 2006 Opera Software today announced that IntAct, an Amino Technologies public limited company, will now sub-license Opera’s Web browser technology as a part of its software stack. This pre-integration will enable IntAct-licensed set-top box (STB) manufacturers and operators to integrate the Opera browser into their products more rapidly and efficiently, […]

Ubuntu Makes Opera 9 available for easy download and installation

Oslo, Norway – July 6, 2006 After the launch of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Canonical is pleased to announce theavailability of Opera 9 for Ubuntu. With just a few clicks of the mouse,all Ubuntu users can download and install the latest version of the Operabrowser, which was released to critical acclaim on June 20. With its […]

Bill Raduchel joins Opera’s Board

Oslo, Norway – July 6, 2006 Opera Software today announced that WilliamJ. Raduchel has joined its Board of Directors. The accomplishedIT-industry veteran strengthens Opera’s board with his experience fromcompanies including AOL, AOL Time Warner, Sun Microsystems, Xerox andMcGraw-Hill. Raduchel’s key contribution to Opera’s future will be histhorough understanding of how the areas of technology, media […]

Opera Mobile pre-installed on Willcom’s Sharp W-ZERO3[es]

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan – July 4, 2006 Opera Software today announced thatthe newly released Opera Mobile 8.6 for Pocket PC will be the recommended browser onthe Sharp W-ZERO3[es] Windows Mobile device through the leading Japanese operator,Willcom. The Sharp W-ZERO3[es] is the new device in Willcom’s W-ZERO3 series, and thefirst phone to come with […]

Mark your calendars: Opera announces DS browser release date in Japan

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo – June 21, 2006 Opera Software today announced that the Opera Web browser for Nintendo DS will be released in Japan on July 24. The DS browser will initially be sold online only at a price of 3,800 yen, and come with an additional memory expansion pack. Nintendo has not yet […]

Your Web, Your Choice: Opera 9 Gives You the Control

Seattle and Oslo, Norway – June 20, 2006 Opera Software today releasedOpera 9, its newest Web browser for PCs. You can download it free in morethan 25 languages for Windows, Mac, Linux and other platforms fromwww.opera.com. Opera 9 enhances the way you access, share and use onlinecontent by including innovative widgets – fun, small and […]

Follow the World Cup on your mobile: Introducing the Opera Mini Goal 06

Oslo, Norway – June 14, 2006 Football fever has reached the people atOpera Software, who today released Opera Mini Goal 06 – a specialedition of the popular Opera Mini mobile browser made in the spirit ofthe World Cup. Opera Mini Goal 06 gives football fans worldwide instantaccess to live scores, breaking sports news, team updates, […]