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Opera Delivers the Web on World's First Mobile WiMax Gaming Device, POSBRO G100

admin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:43:23 +0000

Oslo, Norway, January 24, 2008 -- Opera Software today announced that Korea-based POSBRO has selected the Opera browser for what is labelled the world's first portable WiMax gaming device. The POSBRO G100 takes advantage of the high data speeds offered by WiMax (4G) to deliver online gaming from a portable device.

POSBRO used the Opera 9 for Devices SDK to create a compelling Web experience for people using the G100 device.

The device features a four-inch LCD touchscreen, with a slide-out game pad. In addition to WiMax, the G100 also supports connectivity via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Users can take advantage of the network speeds to play advanced, online games with multiple players in a graphich-rich environments, in addition to accessing their favorite Web sites.

POSBRO has signed agreements with the Korean mobile WiMax operator KT to provide an online gaming service via G100 starting in early 2008. The company has also announced that the G100 will be launching in the United States in the beginning of 4Q 2008 or late 1Q 2009. The G100 was demonstrated at SPRINT's booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. » read more »

Sony Ericsson Names Opera Mini Best Productivity App

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:05:39 +0000

Oslo, Norway, 19 December 2007 -- Opera Software, the only company that puts the Web on any device, today announced that Opera Mini 4, the browser for all mobile phones, won the category for Productive Mobility in the 2007 Sony Ericsson Content Awards.

The jury said: "The sophisticated and smart features of Opera Mini 4 take mobile Internet browsing to a whole new level. A superior mobile Web experience."

"The best mobile browsing experience. Now I can go to any website in the world on my mobile phone."
Opera Mini Winner

The awards were given in the categories for Gaming, Imaging, Productive Mobility, Music & Audio and Themes & Graphics. Winners were chosen by a jury of content industry professionals and judged on ease-of-use entertainment factor, mobile innovation, functionality and audio performance. » read more »

A Truly "Prime" Browsing Offer as Optimus Offers Free Mobile Web Browsing with Opera Mini

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:37:21 +0000

Oslo, Norway and Lisbon, Portugal, July 25, 2007 -- Opera Software, the only company that puts the Web on any device, today announced that the long-standing Opera partner Optimus, a leading mobile operator in Portugal, is offering the Opera Mini mobile Web browser to their 2.6 million customers. Optimus is further sweetening the offer by giving away Web access to their customers until the end of August.

“We made this partnership with Opera to provide a superior browsing experience to our mobile users,” said Miguel Almeida, Optimus COO. “Browsing the real Web — not WAP — on a mobile phone will become ubiquitous and it is no longer restricted to those with the latest smartphone — it's available to everyone. To help our customers explore this new service, Optimus has selected Opera Mini to provide them the best Web experience, offering it for free, until August 31, 2007.”

Opera Mini is the revolutionary Web browser for almost every mobile phone. Beyond bringing Web content to everyday mobile phones, Opera Mini includes bookmarks, RSS feeds, secure access to email and online banking. » read more »

ACCESS, Bytemobile Partner to Deliver Fast Full Web Browsing on Mobile Handsets

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:10:12 +0000

TOKYO, Japan and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 25, 2007 -- ACCESS CO., LTD. and Bytemobile, Inc. today announced a global partnership to co-develop and market solutions which will dramatically improve the web browsing experience for mobile devices. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to integrate Bytemobile’s embedded browser optimization (EBO) technology with the award-winning ACCESS NetFront™ Browser and NetFront™ Mobile Client Suite (NMCS). The combined solution will allow for faster full internet page downloads on smartphones and feature phones, and transparently improve download performance by up to 4x over existing technologies on most wireless networks.

The optimized solution will benefit network operators, as well as their customers, by reducing data volumes and improving bandwidth efficiencies, in addition to enhancing the overall browsing experience for end users. » read more »

Chinese Mobile Phone Users to Browse the Web with "KongZhong Opera"

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:44:57 +0000

Beijing, China, July 19, 2007 -- KongZhong Corporation (Nasdaq: KONG), one of China's leading wireless content and media providers, today announced a strategic partner agreement with Opera Software ASA, the only company in the world that puts the Web on any device. The two companies will introduce a "KongZhong Opera" browser solution for Chinese mobile phone users.

Under the agreement, Opera will develop a customized "KongZhong Opera" browser with Kong.net as the default home page. "KongZhong Opera" is a free download that enables mobile phone users to browse both traditional Internet sites and WAP sites with their cell phones. KongZhong and Opera expect to generate advertising revenues, search-related revenues and other revenues from "KongZhong Opera". » read more »

Opera builds momentum on Windows Mobile devices

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:43:21 +0000

Opera Software today announced the growing momentum for its Opera Mobile(TM) Web browser on devices running the Windows Mobile(R) operating system. Major manufacturers, such as HTC and Toshiba, are including Opera on their handsets to provide their customers with a superior mobile Internet experience. Meanwhile, end-users are eager for better browsing on their mobile phones, resulting in a download increase of more than 50 percent on Opera's website from February 2006 to February 2007.

Over the last few months the Opera browser has been selected for the following handsets running Windows Mobile:

* Motorola MOTO Q q9
* ASUS V1210 for Vodafone International and the VDA IV for Vodafone Germany
* T-Mobile Ameo
* Dopod U1000 (Asia)
* Toshiba G500 and G900

During the month of February 2007, there were 216,283 downloads of Opera's browser for Windows Mobile Smartphone and PocketPC editions, up from 142,502 in February 2006. The Opera browser for PocketPC on Windows Mobile 5.0 is the most popular download among Opera's Windows Mobile browser offerings. » read more »

Opera Mini accelerates the growth of the mobile Internet in Poland

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:06:33 +0000

Oslo, Norway - March 1, 2007 -- Opera Software today announced that PTC/era, (Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, Era and Heyah networks) the leading operator in Poland, is bringing mobile Web browsing to most of its users with the launch of the "blueconnect in your mobile" service. PTC/era will pre-install Opera Mini, the fast and easy-to-use mobile Web browser from Opera Software, on 13 high volume mobile phones. They will also make Opera Mini available as a free over-the-air download to nearly 200 other phone models. As a result, the significant part of mobile phone portfolio of PTC/Era is covered and supported by Opera Mini.

Opera Mini

Opera Mini enables Era's customers to browse all their favorite Web sites, including web mail, news and social sites from the mobile screen. In addition to the full Internet, users will be able to take advantage of their favorite mobile content and transaction services with Era Omnix. » read more »

Opera users create 1001 Widgets

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:40:02 +0000

Oslo, Norway - March 6, 2007 -- Opera Software today announced another Widget milestone with the release of the 1001st Widget on widgets.opera.com. Opera users have created more than 1001 Widgets since the launch of Opera 9 last year.

Widgets are small and powerful Web applications that add unique and convenient functionality to browsing with Opera. Widgets improve and personalize the user's browsing experience, resulting in increased interest and usage for these powerful content sharing tools.

The 1001st Widget on widgets.opera.com was "The Visitors" Widget. Created by dantesoft, an active and long-time member of the My Opera community, this Widget uses site analytics from Hitslink to create visitor maps that bloggers can post on their sites.

"Widgets are a community-driven, grassroots movement," said Tatsuki Tomita, vice president of Opera Mini for Opera Software. "Hundreds of Web developers, like dantesoft, create Opera Widgets to showcase their skills at building fun, addictive and useful applications. By creating an Opera Widget, their work will be seen not only by those with PCs, but anyone running an Opera-powered device such as a mobile phone or even a TV." » read more »

Iwatsu selects the Opera browser for new Visual IP video phone

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:43:22 +0000

Iwatsu selects the Opera browser for new Visual IP video phone

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan - February 13, 2007 -- Opera Software today announced that Iwatsu Electric Co. Ltd., a leader and pioneer in the telecommunication industry, has selected the Opera browser to provide the full Web to its Visual IP phone, a part of Iwatsu's new communication system called PRECOT (Premium Communication Tool). PRECOT is a next generation solution over a broadband IP connection for the enterprise market. With Opera, PRECOT users can access Web mail or any Web page from the convenience of their screen phones. » read more »

Opera Mobile browser selected by ASUS

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:42:35 +0000

Opera Mobile browser selected by ASUS

Oslo, Norway and Taipei, Taiwan - February 13, 2007 -- Opera Software today announced that the Opera browser for mobile phones has been selected by ASUSTeK Computer Inc., a leading provider of 3C (computers, communications and consumer electronics) total solutions, to bring the Web to the company's Vodafone deliveries. Opera 8.65 for Mobile will be initially integrated on the V1210 for Vodafone International or the VDA IV for Vodafone Germany. » read more »

Openwave Acquires Widerweb

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:38:14 +0000

Openwave Acquires Widerweb

Acquisition Brings Additional Open Internet Browsing Support to Openwave's Mobile Gateway Offering

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - February 20, 2007 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading independent provider of software solutions for the communications and media industries, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of WiderWeb Limited, a leading developer of mobile web access solutions. The acquisition provides Openwave with an open internet browsing solution that re-formats web content for mobile phones in a highly optimized, compressed and standards-based XHTML/MP format, opening up access to the entire Internet on mass market mobile devices. The purchase consideration consists of $5M in cash and a potential $4M contingent earn-out. The acquisition is not anticipated to have a material effect on Openwave's fiscal 2007 financial results. » read more »