Opera Mini 7 web browser for Android: better graphics, bookmarks

Opera Mini 7 for Android

Opera has released an updated version of the Opera Mini web browser for Android. Opera Mini 7 offers a better Speed Dial bookmarking feature, support for NFC (Near Field Communication), and OpenGLES hardware graphics acceleration. The Opera Mini web browser is available as a free download from the Google Play Store. Opera actually offers two different web browsers for mobile devices: Opera Mobile and Opera… Read more »

Opera Mobile 12 hits Android, Symbian, Opera Mini 7 for iOS

Opera Mobile 12

Opera has released a major update to is web browser for Android and Symbian, as well as a minor update to its iOS web browser. Opera Mobile 12 for Android and Symbian includes a wide range of support for improved HTML5 features, with the Android version getting the lion’s share of new features. Among other things, Opera Mobile 12 for Android can now allow websites… Read more »

Opera web browsers updated for iOS, BlackBerry, S60, and even MeeGo

Opera Mini 6.5 for iOS

Opera launched new versions of its mobile web browsers for pretty much every mobile operating system imaginable today… except Android. And that’s only because the Android apps received the same update a few weeks ago. But if you’re using iOS, BlackBerry, S60, or J2ME you can grab Opera Mini 6.5 for your device. Opera Mobile 11.5 is also available for S60. And MeeGo users can check out… Read more »

Opera Mini 6.1 and Opera Mobile 11.1 add auto-complete, more

Opera Mobile 11.1

Opera has rolled out new versions of its two web browsers for Google Android. Opera Mini 6.1 and Opera Mobile 11.1 are both available from the Android Market. The new browsers add a number of new features including support for Google voice search, Google AutoComplete, and “intelligent domain suggest.” All told, they make the process of entering a URL or search query a little faster…. Read more »

Opera Mini 6 web browser launches for iPhone, iPad

opera mini 6 ipad

The folks behind the Opera web browser have launched Opera Mini 6 for iOS. It’s the first version optimized for the Apple iPad, but it also supports iPhone and iPod touch models — and adds support for retina displays. Other new features include the ability to open pages in the background, share content on Facebook, Twitter or “My Opera” and improved pinch-to-zoom and panning. There’s… Read more »

Google updates mobile Gmail, Google News, Translate

Google has updated several of its mobile apps and web pages over the past few days. The Gmail web app now looks the same on newer BlackBerry phones as it does on Android and iOS devices. Google News now displays properly in the Opera Mini web browser. And Google Translate now supports more spoken languages. Gmail for Blackberry Google basically has two versions of its… Read more »

Opera Mobile 11, Mini 6 now available

Opera has released updated versions of its mobile browsers smartphones. Opera Mobile 11  is available for Android, Symbian, and MeeGo, while Opera Mini 6 supports BlackBerry as well. So what’s new in Opera Mobile 11 and Mini 6… and why does the company offer two browsers? In a nutshell, Opera Mobile is a full-featured browser with its own rendering engine and support for JavaScript, HTMl5…. Read more »

Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile now available

Opera has launched an updated version of Opera Mini for Windows Mobile. Opera Mini 5.1 features a number of updates, including: Page layout improvements on high resolution screens Set Opera Mini as the default web browser Support for screen rotation on HTC and Samsung devices using a G-sensor Better kinetic scrolling Improved text input support There are also a number of bug fixes, but one… Read more »