Category Archives: mobile

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 […]

Vogins Technology brings Opera Mini to MediaTek powered phones

Oslo, Norway, and Shanghai, China – April 26, 2010 Opera Software and Vogins Technology Co., Ltd., a China-based mobile application middleware provider, today announced that Opera Mini is now available in the Vogins App Store for MediaTek-based mobile phones. MediaTek phone users can now install an optimized version of Opera Mini for a full Web […]

Mobile development made easier

Get the Opera Mobile emulator on your Mac or PC Oslo, Norway – April 22, 2010 Opera is making mobile Web testing even easier with today’s Labs release of Opera Mobile for Windows, Linux and Mac computers. Developers can now install a full version of Opera Mobile, as well as the Opera Widgets Mobile Emulator, […]