Introducing Opera Mini 5

Filed in archive Information About , Mobile Devices on September 18, 2009

Opera Software this week released the beta version of Opera Mini 5.

"The browser is available for a wide variety of devices including feature phones with Java ME, as well as Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones," writes InformationWeek's Marin Perez. "Opera Mini is compatible with multiple platforms because it uses server-side compression technology that eases the bandwidth and hardware requirements needed to surf the Web from a mobile device."

"Chances are that if you have a mobile phone that's not an iPhone, then your phone can run Java, and if it can run Java, then you can run Opera Mini," writes Recombu's Thomas Newton. "Opera claims that Opera Mini is the world's favourite mobile web browser, and with over 20 million users worldwide currently using version 4.2 of Mini, it's got a point."

More here from SmartPhoneToday ... more here from ZDNet ... more here from PC Mag ... and the press release is here.