Opera

Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta ready to rev up your phone

Oslo, Norway, June 8, 2009 -- Opera Mobile 9.7 beta is now available to accelerate the mobile browsing experience for Windows Mobile-based phones. Speed is at the heart of this beta release due to the addition of Opera’s recently launched technology for faster surfing, Opera Turbo. Opera has also included its newly upgraded browser engine, called Opera Presto 2.2, for faster page loads and better overall performance. With the added bonus of Opera Widgets, Opera Mobile 9.7 gets you the Web content you want in fewer clicks and less time.

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A beach-ready browser

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan, May 25, 2009 -- With summer just around the corner, KDDI and Opera Software have joined forces once again to bring Japanese users two new mobile phones for browsing at the beach. KDDI will unveil their new summer line-up at a press event today, highlighting two Toshiba phones ("biblio" and T002) running Opera Mobile 9.5. This release marks the very first deployment of Opera Mobile 9.5 on BREW, making Opera the most advanced browser currently available for this a non-smartphone platform.

Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2009 -- Opera Software will showcase its latest industry-leading, cross-platform Web technology at Taipei’s Computex, from June 2-6, 2009. Opera will host an exhibit at stand N1201a, 4F, in the Nangang Exhibition Hall. Once inside Opera’s exhibit, visitors will experience market-ready, proven solutions that enable OEMs and chip-set manufacturers to stand out in this mobile Internet age.

With the Internet continually emerging on new device types, OEMs must meet the challenge to provide a PC-like Web experience on devices with hardware limitations. Opera Mobile and the Opera Devices SDK are proven solutions that enable a full Web 2.0 experience on nearly any device. This means that end users can access their favorite Web sites and applications, including Gmail, Flickr, Facebook and more, while on the go. In addition, the recently launched Opera Mobile 9.7 and Opera Devices SDK 9.7 feature Opera Turbo. This advanced compression technology enables fast browsing on low-end hardware by reducing memory and CPU usage.