Browsers

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.

Yahoo! Mobile for Web Launches Across More Than 300 Devices Around the World

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 1, 2009 -- Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced the availability of Yahoo! Mobile, an open and highly-personalized mobile starting point to the Internet, on both the mobile Web and as an Apple iPhone(TM) app, allowing consumers to discover, stay connected and stay informed through their mobile devices. Additionally, the company will preview the soon-to-be-launched Yahoo! Messenger app for the iPhone, which will provide iPhone users in the United States with the No. 1 Messenger service in the country(1).

Announced at Mobile World Congress in February, Yahoo! Mobile for the Web is now available across more than 300 devices with HTML-enabled mobile browsers, while the Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app is now available in the Apple iPhone App Store. Both are currently available in eight countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, with additional localized versions expected to launch over the next several months.