Category Archives: mobile

Opera Software gives its Opera Mini browser on iOS a complete makeover

Get going on the web – anywhere, anytime – with new Opera Mini on iOS Introducing Opera Mini 8 – the biggest update for the Opera Mini mobile browser on iPhone and iPad to date. Available for free in the Apple App Store today, Opera Mini 8 will get you to anywhere on the web […]

Faster, fashionable and thumb friendly

Exclusive entertainment news portal free for Vinaphone-Opera Mini users Vinaphone, Opera Software and Yan News today have announced a content partnership to form a mobile entertainment news initiative in Vietnam. Called VOY, the initiative not only represents the partnership among Vinaphone, Opera and Yan News, but also stands for “Voice of Youth”, catering to mobile-entertainment-savvy youngsters in Vietnam. This free […]

Avea, Yandex and Opera celebrate summer by giving away 100,000 weeks of free internet

Imagine having almost 2,000 years of free internet access on a mobile phone. That is what Yandex and Opera Software are now giving away to Avea customers in Turkey. Of course, the 100,000 weeks of free internet access won’t be given to a single subscriber, but fairly divided among 100,000 subscribers, who will each receive […]

Opera debuts as default browser for Nokia X family

With Opera, Nokia X customers will enjoy a super-fast web browsing experience while they save data, thanks to the Opera Turbo compression service embedded in the Opera browser. The news coincides with the unveiling of the new Nokia X2, the latest affordable smartphone from Microsoft and the first of an entirely new generation of Nokia […]

Watch more football, spend less money

New data-savings app for Android, Opera Max, now live in Brazil Just in time for things heating up in the world’s biggest football championship, Opera Max, a data-saving app for Android that shrinks videos, photos and compresses almost any app on your phone,  is landing in Brazil to save your online video replay. Thanks to video […]

Opera for Android comes by default on Huawei smartphones and tablets shipped to Russia

Opera Software and Huawei, leading global ICT solutions provider, are today announcing that the Opera for Android browser will be preinstalled on most of Huawei’s smartphone and tablet models shipped to Russia. The first batch of smartphones and tablets with Opera for Android preinstalled has already been shipped to Russia and is now available on […]

Opera Coast for iPhone, now out in the App Store

It’s time to kick things up a notch and let iPhone users have the mobile web experience they deserve. That’s why, today, Opera Software is launching the Opera Coast web browser for iPhone, the browser perfectly designed for your favorite Apple device. “Like everyone who owns an iPhone, I’ve often picked it up when waiting […]

Opera Max now available in Russia and CIS

Get ready to slash your mobile data usage. Today Opera Max becomes available in Russia and CIS. Opera Max is a free and easy-to-use data-savings app that compresses data across almost every app on a mobile device – including video, text and images. Now, users in Russia and CIS can extend the life of their […]

Opera Software launches Cats by Opera browser project

Norwegian browser company introduces the feline-first web browser concept Humans have long been in a privileged position on the internet. Keyboards are hard to use, curated content is homo sapiens-oriented and – quite frankly – boring for four-legged creatures. Yet, billions and billions of people coast the web in search of funny cats and cute […]

The top ten African websites map

What are the differences in surfing habits across the African continent? As more and more Africans pick up their mobile phones and head onto the web, patterns in their surfing habits start to emerge. In this State of the Mobile Web report, Opera Software provides an overview of the most popular websites and the mobile […]