Today, Opera Software released the
final version of its much-anticipated Opera Mini 4.2 for mobile phones.
Since the launch of the beta version of Opera Mini 4.2, speed trials have
shown that this version gives more than 30% speed improvements for users
in the US, due to the addition of a new Opera Mini server park in the
United States.
This release also marks Opera Mini's official availability on the latest
version of the Android mobile platform. Opera Mini is now the first Web
browser alternative on Android. A technical preview of Opera Mini was
previously released for an earlier version of Android in April 2008. Users
of Android-powered mobile phones, such as the T-Mobile G1, can now
download a beta version of Opera Mini 4.2 and experience a faster and less
costly way to browse the full Internet.
"With Opera Mini 4.2, we are showing the world that Opera never gets
complacent. We will always be improving our product, adding speed, new
functionality and features, and ensuring that it is accessible by all,"
says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Our support of the Android
platform helps fulfill our mission to be available on more platforms, for
more devices and reach more users, anywhere in the world."
Opera Mini 4.2 adds more language versions and offers added skin
selections to personalize the look and feel of the browser. Opera Mini is
renowned for its speed, as data is compressed before it is sent to the
phone. This helps to keep end-user costs low, since the data delivered is
kept to a minimum.
Upon downloading Opera Mini 4.2, mobile phone users will experience:
- More than 90 language versions, including the recently added Amharic,
Armenian, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kirghiz, Lingala, Marathi,
Malayalam, Mongolian, Oriya, Punjabi, Pashto, Sinhala, Tajik, Tamil,
Telugu, Urdu, Uzbek, Khmer, Kashmiri, Lao and Turkmen
- Funky new skins for personalizing the look of Opera Mini
- Opera Link support for notes, allowing users to sync their notes between
the PC and Opera Mini
- Improved real time streaming protocol (RTSP) handoff. This increases the
number of phones with support for mobile video.
The far-reaching popularity of Opera Mini continues to grow month after
month. Opera reports that 21 million unique users browsed five billion
pages in October 2008 alone, totaling a remarkable 490 percent increase
since October 2007. Millions of people have already discovered the power
of Opera Mini; it's time for the rest of the world to enjoy the Web on the
small screen.
Opera Mini 4.2 is ready and waiting for download at
http://www.opera.com/mini/.
About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and
other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is
renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while
giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera
Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world.
The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
OPERA. Learn more about Opera at http://www.opera.com/.
Availability on the Sprint Instinct
Opera is also announcing today that people using the Sprint Instinct can
upgrade their firmware and download Opera Mini.
If you would like to know how Sprint Instinct users can check what version firmware their phones have and how upgrade, these are the instructions:
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To upgrade the firmware from their phone, users need to go to:
Home Key / Main Menu / Settings / General / Update Software / ACCEPT newer version of software found. The device will update the software, power cycle and then be ready for use. If the device is more than one software version behind they may be required to download more than one update.
To verify their phone's present firmware version, Sprint subscribers can check from their device by going to:
Home Key / Main Menu / Settings / General / Phone Information / SW:
ES.M800 BK14 (The MR-4 version to effectively use the Opera Mini
application)