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Opera Goes 'Mini' for Mobile Phones

By Nate Mook | Published August 10, 2005, 11:37 AM

Opera Software on Wednesday introduced a version of its popular Web browser for Java-enabled mobile phones. Opera Mini serves as an alternative to Opera's current mobile browser, and is designed to allow users to access the Web on phones normally incapable of running a browser.

To keep memory usage down, Opera Mini will utilize a remote proxy that pre-processes a Web page before sending it to the phone. The browser can be installed using an SMS message or by clicking a link via a WAP browser. "With Opera Mini, the phone only has to run a small Java-client and the rest is taken care of by the remotely located Opera Mini server," said Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner.

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bhtooefr
Aug 11, 2005 - 7:03 PM edited

http://mini.opera.com/tv2/

Go there using your WAP browser. It MIGHT work...

Something tells me Sprint won't offer it, FWIW... I'm amazed that they let the Treos on the $15/mo data access, considering that the Pocket PCs are only allowed on the business $30/mo access due to (AFAICT) the fact that there's a full browser on there...

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lemonlovr
Aug 10, 2005 - 7:08 PM

Have to agree with the two previous posts. The WAP browser on my Sony Ericsson leaves a lot to be desired. I use Opera on my desktop and I'd love to use it on my cell phone. Cingular, are you reading this???

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d3bruts1d
Aug 10, 2005 - 1:12 PM

If Cingular ever offers this, I'd be all over it. Like OafyC, the browser on my Moto needs improvement.

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OafyC
Aug 10, 2005 - 1:11 PM edited

This will be nice if some of the US providers offer it, so far it's only available in Norway. The browser on my Moto could really use an improvement.

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