Posts tagged with "opera mini"
Wednesday, 25. November 2009, 09:00:00
opera mini, smw
Opera Mini had nearly 40 million users in October 2009, according to this month's
State of the Mobile Web report. This means that since
January, Opera Mini's user base has just about doubled.
The user base actually grew by 4 million users in October compared to the month before.
I don't know how many of these are duplicates due to Opera Mini 4 users trying out Opera Mini 5, but since Opera Mini 5 was released the month before, I'm inclined to think that it has a limited effect on the numbers.
Another interesting observation from this month's report is that page views and data transfers are increasing at a faster rate than the user growth. Each Opera Mini user is viewing more pages.
Monday, 16. November 2009, 11:05:24
att.net, at&t, opera mini
Wap Review's
AT&T browser hands-on provided some details about AT&T's customized Opera Mini browser, but didn't provide any screenshots. It turns out that there were some screenshots in the
Q3 2009 financial presentation from today, and indeed, it doesn't look like Opera Mini
at all.
Read more...
Thursday, 29. October 2009, 13:22:44
att.net, at&t, opera mini
WAP Review has posted a hands-on look at the
AT&T-branded and customized Opera Mini browser.
One of the first things they noticed was that the browser is branded as "att.net" rather than Opera Mini. This is not surprising, seeing as there are likely several pricing models available to operators depending on the level of customization.
It might seem like a bad idea for Opera Software to accept a contract without much Opera branding associated with the product at all, but you can be sure that other operators in the US are fully aware of what these AT&T phones are running! We are definitely getting the word out there about the AT&T contract, and it will create awareness among both other potential customers, and consumers.
In the end, we need to offer the customer what they want (or need). Only in make-believe land can we tell the customer what they are supposed to be doing
Tuesday, 27. October 2009, 14:02:52
smw, opera mini
The
State of the Mobile Web report for September 2009 is out, and reveals that Opera Mini had more than 35.6 million users that month. That's nearly 4 million more users than in August!
It is also interesting to note that the number of users is up 150% since September 2008, while the number of page-views is up a massive 230%.
It's a good thing, then, that Opera Mini compresses the data before sending it to your phones. A calculation done in this month's SMW report reveals that Opera Mini users have shaved up to 8.1 billion dollars per year off their phone bills (and that is only within the top 10 countries!).
Looks like mobile browsing is definitely starting to take off.
Thursday, 15. October 2009, 10:29:04
bolt, opera mini, bitstream, browsers
Is BitStream's new Opera Mini-clone "Bolt" routinely 25-50% faster than any other mobile browser? That's what they keep claiming in their
press releases:
In comprehensive speed testing of a variety of Web pages from different websites, BOLT was routinely 25 to 50 percent faster than the next fastest mobile browser.
BOLT is the fastest mobile browser currently available – routinely at least 25 to 50 percent faster than the next fastest
And yet,
several independent reviews seem to dispute that.
To be honest, I don't think speed tests like the ones above are a very useful basis for making general claims about browser speed. How fast the proxy browser is doesn't just depend on how optimized the servers and clients are, but also on your location in relation to the servers, traffic on the network, your connetion speed at any given time, and so on. All those speed tests really show is that that particular person got that particular result at that particular time under those particular circumstances.
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At least 25-50 percent faster than the next fastest"? Seriously, BitStream. Even if you had actual speed tests placing Bolt ahead of other browsers, that still wouldn't justify your claims. All you would be able to show is that it was faster for that person at that time.
Maybe it's time to adjust your PR claims a little?
Saturday, 3. October 2009, 14:09:25
java, android, opera mini, htc magic
If you have an Android phone and simply can't wait to try the Opera Mini 5 beta, you can install the Java version by using the
Java/J2ME Runner (
homepage) from Android Market. Be warned, though, that Opera Mini is currently very slow when installed this way. I'm not sure if this is because the Java environment is slow or because Opera Mini 5 needs more optimization. Perhaps a combination.
I have not tested it on anything but a HTC Magic. If anyone tests it on other Android devices, feel free to leave a comment about your experience.
Opera Mini 4 is really starting to show its age when you use it on touchscreen devices, so I'm hoping that an official release of Opera Mini 5 for Android is coming soon.
Thursday, 24. September 2009, 11:27:03
opera mini, smw
According to the
State of the Mobile Web report, Opera Mini
gained more than one user every second in August. It crossed the 30 million users mark, up to 31.9 million, and those users consumed more than 200 million MB of compressed data (or nearly 2 petabytes of raw data).
As the report states, it will be interesting to see how Opera Mini 5 affects the numbers.
By the way, these numbers
only represent those who actually downloaded Opera Mini, not preinstalled versions.
Wednesday, 16. September 2009, 11:33:36
opera mini, opera mini 5, tips, opera
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Opera Mini 5 Beta is finally out!
As you can see, a lot has changed since Opera Mini 4. Here are a few tips on how to get more out of the new version.
Read more...
Monday, 14. September 2009, 13:59:33
opera, mini5, opera mini, shiny
The
opera.com/next teaser page that was published last week is for Opera Mini 5, as confirmed by
Opera's Twitter page and the
Choose Opera blog.
Read more...
Wednesday, 15. April 2009, 08:39:10
statcounter, opera, opera mini, russia
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According to procontent.ru, ComNews Research has published a report on the
mobile internet market in Russia. According to the report, revenue grew by 87% in 2008 thanks to a growth in the number of mobile Web users.
It is interesting to note that according to StatCounter, Opera Mini has a
nearly 80% market share of the mobile browser market in Russia. Although browser statistics are highly unreliable, StatCounter does mirror some of the statistics for several major sites in Russia. It seems to be much more reliable than other services, such as Net Applications, which focus almost exclusively on the United States.
So while one should remain skeptical of browser statistics, it is an interesting thought that Opera might be the main driver of mobile data traffic growth in Russia!
Even in times of economic turmoil, people obviously keep browsing the Web. This is why Opera Software is
doing very well financially, while other companies are struggling.
More and more mobile operators are also realizing that Opera Mini (and Opera Turbo) can help them get the most out of their current network infrastructure without costly network upgrades.
Tuesday, 14. April 2009, 15:11:25
opera mobile, opera mini
Aving TV has uploaded a video with an apparently rather jetlagged Igor
showing off some Opera products at CTIA Wireless this year.
At 1:10 in the video, you can see Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera Turbo in action, and at 1:30, you can see an updated
Opera Mini globe. The globe shows real-time usage of Opera Mini around the world.
The globe is actually not just a video, but an application where you can pan around and zoom in for more details. I actually played around with it a while ago, and it's amazing how much time you can spend just whizzing across the globe to look at all the numbers
Mesmerizing stuff.
Sunday, 12. April 2009, 18:43:33
opera mini, opera, blackberry
(Note: This is a repost. My original post from a few days ago seems to be missing.)According to CIO.com, Opera Software is interested in creating a
version of Opera Mini or Opera Mobile which integrates better with BlackBerry devices. What's preventing this is RIM, which does not seem convinced that this would be a good thing.
15% of all BlackBerry owners use Opera Mini, which indicates that there is indeed interest in a more integrated version. Perhaps RIM should go all the way and simply license Opera Mobile (with Opera Turbo) for preinstallation on all their devices? This could prove to be cheaper and better than having their own browser team in-house.
The way the market is going, all phones will be required to have a proper browser to compete. And building a real browser is time-consuming, expensive and hard work.
Friday, 3. April 2009, 09:54:11
admob, opera mini, iphone, mobile
TechCrunch reports that AdMob claims that the iPhone
makes up 50% of US mobile Web traffic on smartphones. There is just a small problem here, and that is that the data is only based on AdMob's mobile ad network, which
favours the iPhone, according to the Business Insider:
AdMob's stats significantly favor the iPhone because of its vast ad inventory in iPhone apps -- ads that are not available on other phones -- and on iPhone-tailored Web sites, which won't work on some phones
So it looks like AdMob's data is anything but representative of anything but, well, AdMob's own iPhone-favouring ad network. Many of the comments at TechCrunch seem to have caught this small and yet significant detail.
Opera's
State of the Mobile Web report obviously only covers Opera Mini users, but gives actual insights into what kind of sites people visit with their phones. It also keeps reports the handsets used to run the application.
Opera Mini can be installed on both feature phones and smartphones.
Wednesday, 11. March 2009, 16:05:08
opera mini
Even though I'm not on the Opera Mini team, I have seen quite a bit of feedback for Opera Mini. It seems that people have previous had high expectations for what Opera Mini can deliver.
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Tuesday, 25. November 2008, 15:52:49
opera mini, android
You probably won't find Opera Mini in the
iPhone App Store any time soon, but there's good news for people with Android phones: A beta of Opera Mini 4.2 is now
available for download at the Android Market.
Apparently Opera Mini is the first alternative browser for the platform, but I'm sure more browsers are coming.
What's good about Opera Mini is that it saves you money by pre-processing and compressing data before downloading it to the phone, and it saves you time if you have a slow connection. So Opera Mini definitely has a place even on phones with an existing browser.
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