Reviewer's Guide to Opera Mini™

Your Web Everywhere!

Background: Opera Mini™ is a powerful mobile browser that has been developed to help maximize what users can do with their mobile handsets. This latest version, Opera Mini 4, is the most significant release of the browser since its launch in 2006. Opera focused on three key goals: providing an outstanding mobile Web experience, enhancing productivity, cost reduction for end users and operators.

What’s NEW in Opera Mini 4?

You asked, we delivered. Opera Mini 4 is a culmination of everything that is great about surfing the mobile Web. It’s fast, it’s intuitive, and it has two viewing modes. Opera Mini is simply the best experience on the Web.

And the best part is…it works on ANY phone and it’s FREE! Think Web, think Opera.

Improved Features. Enhanced Productivity. Here’s what sets Opera Mini apart:

Desktop experience on your mobile, is that possible? – YES! Opera Mini’s Desktop Overview mode empowers users to browse their favorite Web sites, just like they do on their PC.
Wide Web, Small Screen, No Problem - Opera Mini™ uses its unique Small Screen Rendering (SSR) technology to scale down Web pages to fit a vertical scroll in the small display of a mobile phone immediately eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling.
Opera Zoom - Use the intuitive Opera Zoom™ to fly into the page and access the content you want
Sync your online lifestyle - Use Opera Link to synchronize your bookmarks and Speed Dial with those on your desktop.
Special for Blackberry users - Opera Mini 4 introduces several exclusive optimizations for BlackBerry™ devices, including a new user interface and menus for a more comfortable Opera Mini look and feel.
Surf more for less – Opera Mini uses a remote server to pre-process Web pages before sending them to your phone. Web content is compressed to reduce the size of data transfers, enabling fast browsing experience at low costs even on simpler phones.
Security – Opera Mini is secure. Users can email, shop or do their online banking with confidence.

Seeing is believing - want to test it for yourself? Download Opera Mini now.

Download directly to your phone: Open your WAP browser. Type in: www.operamini.com And, well, download.
SMS Fetch: Submit an SMS request from http://www.operamini.com/download/. You will receive a download link for Opera Mini directly to your phone.
PC download: Download Opera Mini to your computer from www.operamini.com/download/ and transfer to your phone using Bluetooth or USB connection.

Getting Started

Start Page

The Opera Mini start page is the first thing you see when opening Opera Mini. Here you can enter a URL, search, scroll through bookmarks and history. Search fields are available for obtaining quick search results, right at your fingertips.

Navigate

Scroll up or down to bounce between links and scroll through the page, and left or right to scroll page up or page down. Press your phone's select key to follow a link or engage a text field. Follow menu options to go Back, Cancel, to Bookmarks or Home Page etc.

Bookmarks

Click on the Bookmarks header to access the bookmark manager. The bookmarks list is displayed. Access your favorite sites by clicking on the bookmark, or select Manage to view options.

RSS Feeds

When you navigate to a site featuring news feed, an icon appears on top of the page. Select the desired feed. Multiple feeds on page are displayed as drop-down menu. On the feed page, select Subscribe to add the feed to your news reader.

Technically Speaking

Opera Mini is a Java-based application with support for HTML 4.01 (incl. 'Street' HTML), XHTML 1.0/1.1, XML 1.0/1.1, CSS 2.1 and 3, DOM Level 2 and 3, Javascript 1.5 / ECMAScript 3rd Edition / JavaScript 1.5 with link and form events, HTTP 1.0/1.1, OMA Browsing: WAE 2.3, XHTML MP 1.2, CSS MP 1.1, cHTML. HTTPS with SSL and TLS. Encrypted connection between Mini servers and Mini client.

The Opera Mini Experience

Opera Mini has over 26 million cumulative users with 1 billion page views a month.

"I love Opera Mini. It truly gives me seamless access to the Internet on the go, hassle free. Security, reliability, innovation and cost effectiveness – Opera Mini gives me all I need. It's addictive and it's brilliant" – Kaushik Mohan, Opera Mini user from Bangalore, India

"The Internet exactly as you know it - right in the very palm of your hand. What you see on a computer screen is what you get on your mobile. How much cooler can it get?" – Melissa Broply, Opera Mini user from Johannesburg, South Africa.

"The cheapest and easiest way to make your phone smarter is to add a few key pieces of software. The Web browser is one of the most obvious places for improvement: most cheap phones include a bare-bones browser that barely works. You can easily improve that by installing Opera Mini, a free program that gives you a much more robust browser." - Dan Frommer, Forbes

"Opera Mini is a very small, very fast browser with no frills and no rendering problems." - Christopher Null, PC World

Screenshots

Screenshot - BBC, Screenshot - Times, Screenshot - Pitchfork, Screenshot - Aftenposten

Company

Opera Mini

PR Contacts

Norway:
Tor Odland
Communications Director
Tel: +47 2416 4242
Email: toro[at]opera.com

United States:
Michelle Valdivia Lien
Communications Manager
Tel: +1 786 208 6072
Email: michelle[at]opera.com

Japan:
Kaori Kotobuki
Communications Manager
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Email: kaorik[at]opera.com

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