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Opera Mini 5 beta is out

By Andreas Bovens. Wednesday, 16. September 2009, 13:14:48

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We’ve just released Opera Mini 5 beta, which sports a revamped UI with tabs, Speed Dial, and a password manager. If you have a phone that supports Java, you’ll most likely be able to run this beta — note that the UI is slightly different depending on whether you have a touchscreen or keypad phone.

If you don’t have a Java-enabled phone at your disposal, you can try running Opera Mini 5 beta in the MicroEmulator on your desktop.

As usual, we’ve published a Dev.Opera article to go with this release, covering Opera Mini 5 beta’s new features and standards support, as well as some tips for mobile optimization.

For more details and a visual introduction to the various new features, have a look at the Opera Mini 5 Beta Reviewers Guide below.



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Why is Opera Mini booming in Indonesia?

By Zi Bin, Cheah. Monday, 29. June 2009, 10:04:23

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It is not just Opera Mini, but the whole Mobile Web is booming in Indonesia.

As shown by State of the Mobile Web Report, Indonesians' average page view is 400 odd pages and they also enjoy the second biggest Opera Mini user base after Russia.

So why is the Mobile Web booming?

  1. Cheap access. There are more than 10 telcos pitting against each other and each one offers good pricing. On average you pay about USD0.10/Mb.
  2. Bad landlines. The Mobile Web is the perfect substitution for an unsatisfactory landline experience.
  3. The Berry factor. The mass appeal for BlackBerry and its push email application meant that going online became part of the "Berry craze".
  4. Traffic jams. During rush hour, what better to do than to surf the web?

I've presented the case in The New Wave of Mobile Internet, Universitas Krisdwipayana and the FreSh forum.

Here are the slides for the mobile browser trends and the boom in Indonesia.

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