Opera Mini Web browser for your BlackBerry or Treo
Posted on Thursday, November 02 @ 14:36:51 PST by Carl Brooks
Oslo, Norway - October 24, 2006 - Opera Software today announced that Opera
Mini, the free Web browser for mobile phones, is available for the popular
Blackberry and Palm® handsets. Opera Mini offers Blackberry and Palm® Treo users
a faster delivery of Web pages and overall better user experience.
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"Opera Mini is a no-frills, instant gateway to the World Wide Web on today's
basic line of mobile phones," says Rolf Assev, Chief Commercial Officer, Opera
Software. "But we see folks in the industry who are thrilled to use it on
higher-end devices. People who are accustomed to mobile browsing in addition to
e-mailing or texting, enjoy the speed and reliability Opera Mini offers on
today's professional handsets. The fact is, it's a choice available to everyone,
novice or pro."
Opera Mini launched in February this year and has since exceeded 1 billion pages
viewed. There are currently more than 7 million users worldwide and industry
leading operators, such as Europe's T-Mobile, are already recognizing Opera Mini
as a valuable service enabler by installing the browser on select handsets.
Usage statistics reported by Opera in August revealed that Google search is the
most popular .com site visited using Opera Mini, followed by
Gmail.com,
Friendster.com, MySpace.com, Yahoo Messenger and
hi5.com.
"We see that users are browsing with Opera Mini in the same as they are
accustomed to on their desktop. They use Mini
to find information or network, even bid on eBay while on-the-go," says Rolf
Assev, Chief Commercial Officer, Opera Software.
With this announcement, Opera is kicking off a Your Web, Your Choice campaign.
Applicants can visit
http://www.opera.com/contest/operamini/ to elect their choice of
currently available Blackberry or Treo models and voice why they need Opera Mini
to improve their on-the-go lifestyle. The best entry will be chosen by Opera to
win their Opera Mini-powered Blackberry or Treo of choice. The closing date for
this campaign is November 30th.
The browser is available for free. To download, visit
http://mini.opera.com from your
handset.
* Gartner press release, October 9, 2006, "Gartner Says Worldwide Combined PDA
and Smartphone Shipments Market Grew 57 Percent in the First Half of 2006":
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=496997
Availability
Opera Mini is available free of charge via download at
mini.opera.com. An Internet Data
Plan is required to access the Internet. Verizon Wireless customers are
currently not supported. Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) support is required for the
Treo. J2ME installation is available at
http://java.sun.com/products/sjwtoolkit/download.html.
About Opera Mini
Opera Mini is a free mobile Web browser designed to bring the real Web to the
world's mobile phones. The free Opera Mini mobile Web browser was launched
worldwide in January, and is available both as a free download from
http://mini.opera.com as well as
through pre-installments on selected handsets from leading operators and handset
manufacturers such as T-Mobile, debitel and Motorola. Read more at
http://www.opera.com/mini.
Get yours from
http://mini.opera.com!
Illustrations and graphics:
http://www.opera.com/press/images/mini/
About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other
networked devices. Opera's cross- platform Web browser technology is renowned
for its small size, performance and standards-compliance, while giving users a
faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is
headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is
listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more
about Opera at
http://www.opera.com.
Opera Mini for Palm OS requires you have the Palm
Java Micro
Environment installed.
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