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Always getting better: Opera Mini 4.1 beta released today

Wednesday, 2. April 2008, 20:30:49

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Here's the press release: Your phone's best friend: the new Opera Mini

Official download page with information on the new features

Announcement, extra info, and forum links on the Opera Mini blog: Opera Mini 4.1 beta available for testing!

Guided tour video

I've tried it out, of course, and the new features (autocomplete, direct address input, search within the address bar, find in page) are all great, and browsing feels even faster than before (if that's possible).

Note: I'm currently using a Samsung SPH-M610 on Sprint (borrowed from Opera) until I get a new phone.

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In search of a new phone

Wednesday, 19. March 2008, 23:46:08

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SXSW was fun, but I hurt my phone (which I use to demo Opera Mini) in the process. Here's what a broken screen looks like on a Samsung A900.

So now I'm wondering what my next phone should be. I'm thinking about getting an HTC Mogul, since it'd be nice to tether it to my laptop to get broadband internet wherever there's a good (EV-DO) cellular signal. Plus, I'd be able to use the latest and greatest version of Opera Mobile, and still demo Opera Mini using a JVM.

On the other hand, inexpensive flip phones are great for demos. They're really common, and when I show people Opera Mini on phones like that, it really surprises them how good their internet experience can be (using Opera Mini on a simple phone). Smaller phones tend to be sturdier, too, and are much cheaper to replace if necessary.

One option is to carry around two phones, one for use daily, and one for demo purposes, but that might be overkill.

Then there's also the news that Opera Mini is now available on the very cool Helio Ocean...

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A tangled web

Wednesday, 10. January 2007, 00:39:48

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As I mentioned in my previous post, there are a lot of announcements to make sense of. In the world of mobile phones, for example, a bunch of partnerships were announced. If I'm reading correctly, the newly formed network of relationships (on the mobile front) looks something like this:

Opera and Samsung announced a partnership: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/12/21/
Samsung and Google announced a partnership: http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/samsungandgoogle.html
Google and Apple announced a partnership: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html
Apple and Yahoo announced a partnership: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html
Yahoo and Opera announced a partnership: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/01/08_2/

Try making sense of that!

And just when I thought everything was nice and neat in its own way, I read that Samsung is also partnering with Yahoo!: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=224620

Opera, of course, has an ongoing relationship with Google (for the desktop browser), and runs well on Mac (which bodes well for a version of Opera on the iPhone?). In other words, Opera plays well with everyone. :up:

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