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June 2006

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Find me and get two tickets to see Czech Republic - Italy in Hamburg on Thursday!

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I will be in Hamburg on Thursday with two extra tickets to the Czech Rep - Italy match, which starts at 1600 hrs. I am giving these tickets away to an Opera fan - free of charge - no strings attached!

This is how the tickets can be yours:
I will be in or around the Hamburg main train station from 11-1300 hrs on Thursday (June 22), wearing a red Opera t-shirt, handing out flyers for the Opera Mini Goal 06 edition.

The first person who finds me and says "Norway should have been in the World Cup" will get the two tickets!

Let the games begin!!!





UPDATE:
These two lovely girls jumped me as soon as I arrived at the train station, and I don't think they really believed it was true that I would just give them the tickets. One of the girls had heard about this from her brother, and they had even printed my picture on a wanted poster :-)

A few hours later I received a very happy SMS from them as they were sitting in their seats in the stadium waiting for kick-off. I hope you enjoyed the game!


Follow the World Cup with Opera Mini Goal 06!

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Today we released the Opera Mini Goal 06 browser - a special World Cup edition of the popular Opera Mini mobile browser. Keep on top of the games and download the free Opera Mini Goal 06 browser today from http://mini.opera.com/goal!

Millions of us will be thinking about balls obsessively 24/7 over the next month, says Rolf Assev, Chief Commercial Officer, Opera Software. With Opera Mini Goal 06 we can follow the World Cup anywhere, anytime - and never miss a game!


Opera Mobile 8.6 for Pocket PC

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Last week we launched Opera Mobile 8.6 for Pocket PC. We've had a lot of great feedback, and we're very pleased with this version. Personally I enjoy its speed, having tabbed browsing on my device and being able to utilize the larger screen by surfing in landscape mode. It really makes the world of difference. The browsing experience is now very close to that of a PC because you Opera doesn't have to reformat the page as much as with Small-Screen Rendering. You should really give it a try - it comes with a 30-day free trial!

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eBay goes mobile with Opera Mini

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Today we launched the Opera Mini eBay edition in a partnership with eBay. We are together offering a fully customized and eBay branded version of Opera Mini, giving eBay Germany's 20 million customers the opportunity to browse, bid and sell using their mobile phones, just like they do on their PCs.

This deal is of strategic importance for Opera Software, and it shows how advanced Web based services can reach the mobile mass market with their existing Web sites through Opera Mini. Designing a mobile specific, browser based solution may look prettier and you'll be able to remove some of the content that only clutters the small screen. But that costs money, and for companies who, for various reasons, do not wish to spend much right now, Opera Mini offers a compelling value proposition.

In the Opera Mini eBay Edition we have branded the UI, added an eBay search box and a cached My eBay page to give users quick, one-click access to all of eBay's content. In addition, eBay has done some optimization work on their end to make sure the service runs smoothly and that the experience is great. People no longer have to sit by the computer to follow their auctions!

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Nokia N72 ships with Opera

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Opera Software today announced that the Opera browser is included on the new Nokia N72 mobile phone. The Nokia N72 is a stylish and powerful multimedia phone with a 2 megapixel camera, integrated digital music player, FM radio and the Opera Mobile browser.

Opera and Nokia signed a renewed software licensing agreement which was announced on the Oslo Stock Exchange on March 31, 2006.

More information on the Nokia N72:
http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1053633