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

Brad Linder — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:42:51 +0000

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 »

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

Brad Linder — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:22:57 +0000

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 »

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

Brad Linder — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:50:13 +0000

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 »

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

Brad Linder — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:34:26 +0000

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 »

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Sync Opera to Windows Phone 7 with the Opera Link app

Lee — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:05:00 +0000

Nothing eases the transition from desktop to mobile quite like having easy access to your desktop Web browsing profile. Whether you're using Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Opera, there's usually a way to keep handy bits like your favorites synced up between your mobile device and your desktop. Firefox, of course, syncs neatly with its diminutive mobile sibling and with the Firefox Home... Read more »

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Opera Mini 6 web browser launches for iPhone, iPad

Brad Linder — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:14:22 +0000

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 »

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Opera Mobile 11, Mini 6 now available

Brad Linder — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:10:20 +0000

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 »

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Opera teases a tablet version of its Android web browser

Brad Linder — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:31:23 +0000

Opera already offers a mobile web browser (or two) for Google Android smartphones. But the company is working on a version optimized for tablets with larger, higher resolution displays. Today the company released a video showing the new user interface.You can check it out after the break. Honestly, I can't spot too many differences between the tablet and phone versions of the browser aside from... Read more »

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Flash, HTML5 video coming to Opera Mobile for Android

Brad Linder — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:20:55 +0000

The Opera Mobile web browser for Android is speedy, customizable, and has a few nifty features like Opera Link technology which lets you synchronize your settings with the desktop version of Opera. But there are a few things Opera Mobile doesn't currently support, including Adobe Flash and HTML5 video support. Now it looks like both of those things are on the way. In a blog... Read more »

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Opera Mobile 10.1 now available for Symbian S60

Brad Linder — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:46:50 +0000

Opera has released a version of Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian S60 phones. The mobile web browser has a new Javascript engine, improved support for HTML5, support for geolocation, and Opera's "Speed Dial" section which lets you create a start page with thumbnail icons for your most frequently visited bookmarked web pages. According to the release notes, even though Opera 10.1 has gone final for... Read more »

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First look at Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Android

Brad Linder — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:54:07 +0000

Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Google Android wasn't supposed to be available until tomorrow, but it looks like the download link went live for a while today. I can't find it at the moment, but the folks at Android Life snagged the installer and posted it online. Update: Opera Mobile beta is now available as a free download from the Android Market. The browser has... Read more »

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Opera Mobile coming to Android next week

Brad Linder — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:19:38 +0000

Opera has announced that the Opera Mobile web browser will be available for Google Android on November 9th. We already knew the company was working on an Android version of the app, but now we have the release date. Opera Mobile is already available for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices. Opera Mobile differs from the Opera Mini web browser which is already available for... Read more »

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Opera Mobile web browser for Android coming soon

Brad Linder — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:44:49 +0000

Opera software offers several different versions of its web browsers. There's the desktop version, which is a full featured browser that offers bookmark and settings synchronization, tabs, and support for web standards. There's the popular Opera Mini app for mobile phones which offers speedy page load times thanks to remote server compression technology that pre-processes data before sending it to your phone. And then there's... Read more »

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Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile now available

Brad Linder — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:53:21 +0000

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 »

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Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Symbian now available

Brad Linder — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:57:07 +0000

Another day, another mobile software release from the folks behind the Opera web browser. Yesterday the team launched Opera Mini 5.1 for Google Android. Today Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian Series 60 phones is ready for download. While Opera Mini is designed to improve page load speeds by offloading some of the page rendering to Opera's servers, Opera Mobile runs entirely on your mobile device.... Read more »

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Opera Mini 5.1 web browser now available for Android

Brad Linder — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:11:40 +0000

Opera has pushed out an updated version of the Opera Mini web browser for Google Android. Opera Mini 5.1 features stability improvements as well as a handful of improvements over Opera Mini 5 beta that you might actually notice, including: You can now set Opera Mobile as the default web browser. Full screen mode now actually uses the whole screen. The browser now has better... Read more »

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Windows Mobile web browsers rounded up, judged

Brad Linder — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:31:21 +0000

For the last 10 years, Microsoft has been shipping its mobile operating systems with mobile versions of Internet Explorer. But as mobile web browsers go, the Internet Explorer tends to be sluggish and up until recently, the browser was hard to navigate with your fingers, instead relying on stylus input. But Internet Explorer isn't the only game in town. There are a number of popular... Read more »

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Now everybody wants their web browser in the iPhone App Store (Skyfire)

Brad Linder — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:20:49 +0000

OK, so Opera went and did the marginally unthinkable and convinced Apple to approve the Opera Mini web browser for the iPhone App Store -- even though it kind of directly competes with Apple's Safari web browser. Now the folks at Skyfire want to follow in Opera's footsteps and get in on the iPhone action. Thing is... now that Opera is in Apple's good graces,... Read more »

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First look at Opera Mini for the iPhone – Video

Brad Linder — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:05:12 +0000

As announced last night, the Opera Mini web browser is now available as a free download from the iPhone App Store. This is one of the first real alternatives to the Safari web browser that ships with the iPhone. While there are other browsers in the App Store, they all use the same WebKit rendering engine as Safari. Opera Mini takes a different approach by... Read more »

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Against all odds, Opera Mini web browser headed to the iPhone App Store

Brad Linder — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:44:18 +0000

Wow. We knew that Opera had submitted a version of its Opera Mini web browser to the iPhone App Store for approval. But smart money was against Apple actually approving the app. After all, it's a web browser. And the iPhone already has one of those: It's called Safari. Apple has a long and steady history of rejecting apps duplicate the functionality of core iPhone... Read more »

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Opera Mini 5, Opera Mobile 10 shed the beta labels

Brad Linder — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:51:37 +0000

Opera is bringing both of its mobile web browsers out of beta. Opera Mobile 10 is available for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 phones. This mobile browser supports tabbed browsing, Opera's Speed Dial feature, which gives you 9 shortcut icons on your home screen, and the ability to synchronize your data with the desktop version of Opera. Opera Mini 5 offer similar functionality. The main... Read more »

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Opera Mini 5 beta web browser now available for Android – Video

Brad Linder — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:16:16 +0000

Opera has launched an updated version of the Opera Mini web browser for Google Android. Opera Mini 5 beta has all the hallmarks of Opera Mini on other platforms, including: Speed Dial: A start page with quick access to 9 of your bookmarked pages Data compression: Opera's servers actually compress each page before it's sent to you, making page loads much faster on slow devices... Read more »

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Opera Mini native web browser for Windows Mobile

Brad Linder — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:49:27 +0000

Opera has released a public beta of Opera Mini 5 for Windows Mobile. Up until now, you had two choices for running an Opera browser on a Windows Mobile phone or PDA: You could purchase Opera Mobile (or use a public beta) or use the Java-based version of Opera Mini. The new software runs natively, no Java required. Opera Mini 5 beta 2 supports devices... Read more »

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