Category Archives: mobile

One browser. 3000 phones.

Opera updates Opera Mini, improving the Opera Mini experience on selected phones Oslo, Norway – July 8, 2010 Opera Mini, the world’s most popular mobile phone browser with over 61 million users worldwide, delivers the best Internet experience possible on more than 3000 mobile phones. Today, Opera introduces Opera Mini 5.1, an update to the […]

Nighttime is prime-time for the mobile Web

New State of the Mobile Web Report answers the question of when people browse Oslo, Norway – June 28, 2010 Around the world, 8 p.m. to midnight are the day’s prime mobile browsing hours, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report. Regardless of differences in economy, culture or location, those four evening hours […]

More browsing for your bucks

Opera Mini comes to the rescue for summer surfing Oslo, Norway – 25 June, 2010 This summer, European mobile users can travel more safely, knowing that mobile data charges will not cost them a fortune. Citing extreme examples such as a German mobile customer with a data bill exceeding 40,000 Euros, the EU has now […]

Opera slashes power usage with new server parks

Opera to change out Opera Mini servers and reduce carbon footprint Oslo, Norway – June 24, 2010 With the transition to a new generation of servers, Opera Software expects to increase performance by one third, while slashing power consumption by more than 35 percent. Following the unveiling of a new Icelandic data center, with far […]

No limits!

Oslo, Norway, and Moscow, Russia – June 23, 2010   Opera Software and the Russian federal mobile operator MegaFon signed an agreement under which MegaFon’s special package “Unlimited Internet with Opera Mini” will be distributed to all Russian territories. It means that more than 53 million Russian mobile subscribers will have fast and cost-effective access […]

Let the football fever follow you

Stay on top of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, even out of TV sight OSLO – 10 June 2010   If you are a football enthusiast on the move during the FIFA World Championships, fret not. You can follow the game while traveling and keep up to date on all the latest results, while taking […]

iPhone users flock to Opera Mini

Global rankings reordered in new State of the Mobile Web Report Oslo, Norway – May 28, 2010 More than 2.6 million people used Opera Mini on their iPhones, in the two weeks following April’s mid-month launch. This surge in new Opera Mini users reshaped both the top 10 countries and the top handsets for mobile […]

NII Holdings selects Opera Mini to power new Nextel browser in Latin America

NII becomes first operator to release a customized browser based on Opera Mini 5 Mountain View, CA – May 26, 2010 Opera Software today announced that NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD), a leading provider of mobile communication services operating under the Nextel brand in Latin America, will use the Opera Mini 5 to power its next-generation […]

Lemon Mobiles modish QWERTY — iQ 707 flaunts Opera Mini

Users to enjoy up-to-the-minute browsing experience New Delhi, India – May 11, 2010 Smartphone-seekers in India can now surf the Web with the Opera Mini browser on the sleek and stylish iQ 707 from Lemon Mobiles, the mobile brand promoted by Fastrack Communications Pvt. Ltd. The iQ 707 QWERTY phone was recently launched in the […]

The impact of the iPhone

State of the Mobile Web report includes iPhone preview   Oslo, Norway – April 28, 2010   In just two weeks since its release, the iPhone is already the third-most popular handset for Opera Mini users worldwide, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report. The release of the iPhone also portends changes to […]