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Mighty mini at 2.0

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Opera updated its "Mini" software with new features including easier downloads of cell phone content, products, and features.

IDG News Service provided this summary of the new features.

A new feature in Opera Mini 2.0 removes a step often required of mobile users who buy mobile content. Some mobile content providers sell ringtones or images by asking customers to send a specified word via text message to a certain number. The buyers then receive the content via text message and are billed for the purchase on their regular accounts.

The new Opera Mini 2.0 feature skips the initial text message requirement. When Opera Mini 2.0 users visit a content provider's site and decide to purchase a ringtone, for example, they can click on a link to buy it. Opera Mini 2.0 automatically sends the appropriate text message so that the user doesn't have to navigate away from the Web page, enter the messaging application, and send the message. The content is then delivered to the buyer via text message and the user is billed for the ringtone as agreed, typically via regular bill.


Opera mini makes big impression

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After a stealth release in Europe, Opera rolled out the global release of Opera mini, a cell phone application that makes hundreds of millions of cell phones potentially able to run the Opera browser and surf the net from a wireless device.

Mobile phones must support Java in order to use the new browser. Opera Mini compresses Web pages by up to 80 percent and reformats them using what Opera calls small-screen rendering for easier browsing on mobile screens.

Opera said using the software will lead to significantly faster browsing and reduced phone bills for users who pay per kilobit of data traffic. Opera Mini's start page integrates a Google search box.

Opera will soon offer customized versions of Mini to mobile phone operators and handset manufacturers.

The browser is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Polish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish. More languages will be added in the coming months. Download and installation is no more complicated than downloading a ringtone.


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