Recent News, 2008

Telenor Serbia drives mobile Internet penetration with Opera Mini

Oslo, Norway and Belgrade, Serbia – May 26, 2008 Opera Software and Telenor Serbia have partnered to offer Telenor Serbia customers the full Web experience on their mobile phones. Effective immediately, the service is available to nearly 3 million Telenor Serbia customers. With Opera Mini, customers can access all their favorite Web sites with a […]

Opera Mobile delivers breakthrough Web experience on HTC Touch Diamond

Oslo, Norway – May 22, 2008 Raising the bar even higher for superior Web browsing capabilities, Opera today announced the availability of Opera Mobile 9.5 on the new HTC Touch Diamondâ„¢. The customized HTC-specific version enables easy one-handed viewing and effortless navigation. As a result, your favorite Web sites look exactly the way they were […]

Start surfing — Opera Mini gets Fly customers online

Fly customers can now enjoy fast and easy access to the full Web with Opera Mini, the world’s most popular mobile Web browser Oslo, Norway and New Delhi, India – May 22, 2008 Meridian Mobile, a major player in the telecom (mobile handset) industry with its flagship brand ‘Fly”, and Opera Software today announced a […]

Your killer app goes cross-device with the Opera Widgets SDK beta

Proving the promise of One Web Oslo, Norway – May 21, 2008 Opera Software today released the Opera Widgets SDK beta, enabling Web developers to deploy Web applications on any device. The Opera Widgets SDK is based on open, W3C-set standards to employ common web technologies such as HTML, CSS and media queries, JavaScript and […]

Social Networks Dominate the Mobile Web

Opera unveils first State of the Mobile Web report Oslo, Norway – May 20, 2008 Traffic to social networks comprise almost 40% of the mobile Web according to Opera Software’s “State of the Mobile Web” report, published today. The results both show healthy growth in the numbers of consumers accessing the Web from their mobile […]

Opera’s mobile Web browsers now search with Yandex in Russia

Oslo, Norway – May 13, 2008 Opera today made Yandex the default search engine on Opera’s mobile Web browsersfor customers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).Effective immediately, anyone using Opera Mini in Russia and the CIS can accessRussia’s most popular Internet search service directly from the start page ofthe browser. Opera Mini […]

Opera Mini — the people’s choice

Oslo, Norway – May 13, 2008 Today, Opera Software announced the availability of Opera Mini 4.1, the newest version of the award-winning browser that works on nearly every mobile phone. Opera Mini 4.1 revolutionizes the way people get the Web on their Mobile phone. People can now enjoy instant access to websites from any location […]

Telenor Pakistan & Opera Software connect users to the Web in Pakistan

Opera Mini brings fast, full Web to Telenor Pakistan customer base anywhere, any time Oslo, Norway and Islamabad, Pakistan – May 13, 2008 Riding onthe tremendous growth of telecom sector in Pakistan, Telenor Pakistan andOpera Software have partnered to provide users with a uniquely powerfuland efficient Internet experience. Starting immediately, Telenor Pakistancustomers can surf the […]

Sony selects Opera 9.5 SDK for Devices to power its new digital photo frame

Tokyo, Japan and Oslo, Norway – May 8, 2008 Opera Software today announced that the Opera 9.5 SDK for Devices has been ported to Sony’s new digital photo frame VGF-CP1. With the WiFi-enabled device, users can now retrieve photos not only from their PC or memory card, but also from online image portals such as […]

Opera Dragonfly on the prowl

Opera releases fierce bug predator in alpha version of developer tools Oslo, Norway – May 6, 2008 Much to the dismay of bugs lurking within pages ofthe World Wide Web, Opera Software today unmercifully unleashed the anticipatedOpera Dragonfly. True to Opera’s embodiment of One Web, the developer tools withOpera Dragonfly will debug Web pages, Widgets […]