Opera Mini 5.1 Java and Blackberry clients have been updated to re-activate the dialogs removed by last week’s minor server update.

To download this update, please visit http://m.opera.com/

As always, we welcome your feedback in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini Team

Today we updated the Opera Mini server to version 4.19.864.

This minor security update temporarily disables some client-side dialogs. Until resolved, these dialogs will be displayed in a web page instead of the client.

As this is a server update all Opera Mini users will experience the updated behavior.

Regards,
The Opera Mini Team

Today we released Opera Mini 10.1 beta for Symbian/S60 keypad (series 3) and touchscreen (series 5) devices.

The main new features include:

• Geolocation. Web sites can now query the location of your device. End user controls access on a site by site basis.
  
• Carakan JavaScript engine (w/o JIT)
  
• Vega graphics library
  
• Update of Opera Core and numerous bug fixes
  

Download Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta for S60 directly to your phone at m.opera.com/next.

Or download direct to your PC here:

• International
  
• With Asian language support
  

Known issues in the 10.1 Beta:

• Somewhat higher memory usage, especially on JavaScript intensive sites
  
• Due to timing issues with different geolocation information providers (WiFi, cell towers, GPS) first request may have poor precision
  
• Fast scrolling on Touch devices not optimized for page rendering
  
• Opera Link may not work when using APN with a proxy configured
  
• Some SVGT images may appear to freeze on Nokia E-series phones
  
• If SIM card is not registered, or phone is in flight mode, first geolocation request in a browser session may fail
  

As always, we welcome your feedback here in our forum. Thanks!

Today we released Opera Mini 5.1 for Android phones, less than 1 week after the release of Opera Mini 5.1 for Java phones!

What’s new in Opera Mini 5.1 for Android?

• 96 languages are now supported in the user interface.
  
• Improved page layout on high-resolution screens.
  
• Improved kinetic scrolling.
  
• Opera Mini can now be set as the default browser.
  
• Automatically save browsing sessions if Opera Mini is killed by the system while in the background. Your session is restored if Opera is re-opened within 60 minutes.
  
• Full-screen now uses the whole screen.
  

Download Opera Mini directly to your Android phone for free from the Android Market, or at m.opera.com. For more information, visit http://www.opera.com/mobile/.

As always, we welcome your feedback here in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini team

The Opera Mini team has hit a new milestone - we now officially support more than 3000 different devices! :yes:

With this milestone comes some even more exciting news - Opera Mini 5.1 for Java phones is here, an update to breathe new life in to low memory and small screen phones!

This update gives a new skin to devices with low resolution screens, and Nokia series 40 phones with low memory. For these devices, the new skin improves memory usage and usability, reducing the frequency of "out of memory" issues encountered.

Who should download this update?
If your phone’s screen resolution is less than 200 pixels in either direction, or if you have a Nokia Series 40 phone with low memory (around 4MB or less), then you will receive the new skin. Opera Mini automatically selects the skin that’s right for you!

We’ve also added a keypad shortcut to switch to and from Mobile view (*0).

The update is not critical for Opera Mini users on Blackberries, smartphones or high end devices.

As always, we welcome your feedback here in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini team

Yesterday afternoon the Opera Mini servers were upgraded to version 4.19.752. This upgrade also includes the latest version of Opera Presto, our rendering engine.

• Upgraded to Opera Presto 2.5 (see http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/presto25/ for changes, but be aware that not all of them apply to Opera Mini). This also reflects in an adjusted user agent string:
  "Opera/9.80 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/CLIENT_VERSION/SERVER_BUILD; U; LANGUAGE) Presto/2.5.25"
  
• improved image handling
  
• better handling of Korean and Japanese charsets
  
• fixed a number of site issues
  
• history navigation fixes
  

All Opera Mini users automatically benefit from the update.

Yesterday, the Opera Mini servers were upgraded to version 4.18.674. The changes include

• fix for an issue with the page overview images
  
  
• fix for a problem with the image download page
  
  
• improved history navigation
  
  
• improved handling of near-transparent images
  
  
• text is now always wrapped correctly when mobile view is enabled on pages using handheld stylesheets
  
  
• fix for broken rendering of feeds in mobile view mode
  
  
• SSR rendering now works on pages defining meta viewport
  
  
• redirects to rtsp and other protocols fixed
  
  
• an issue related to JavaScript dialogs has been fixed
  
  
• special pages like ‘debug:’ have a slightly adjusted layout
  
  
• improved site compatibility
  
  
• some "failed click" issues have been resolved
  
  
• fix for rendering issue when bitmap fonts are enabled
  
  
• fix for low image quality setting being ignored on certain pages
  
  

As usual, all Opera Mini users benefit automatically from the update.

Opera Mobile, so easy that even the lab rats can manage it!



Head over to Opera Labs for the details on the just released experimental Opera Mobile 10 build for Nokia N800, N810 and N900 devices. It contains all the goodness of our current release along with a couple of sneak peaks at future developments.



The impatient can download and install Opera Mobile 10 on their Maemo device using the default browser. However, remember that this is a labs release, and as such it may contain serious bugs, including ones causing data loss.

Today we released a "silent" update of Opera Mini 5. …

Since April 12, iPhone users have had another choice when it comes to browsing the Web.

It is clear that this choice has been welcomed by iPhone users, as Opera Mini had over 1 million downloads the first available day. The iPhone is already the most popular handset for Opera Mini in the US & UK, and 3rd most popular over all.

At Opera, we are very thankful for the amazing response and user feedback that we have seen to Opera Mini 5 for iPhone. The feedback so far has been great, and we are listening closely to our users to continually make Opera Mini for the iPhone even better. Since Opera Mini launched last month, we have been hard at work continuing development, and have now released the first update.

Introducing Opera Mini 5.0.1

As of today, April 29th, 2010, the Opera Mini 5.0.1 update is now available in the iPhone App Store. We recommend all users to update to the new version of Opera Mini for the iPhone. Updates and bug fixes in 5.0.1 include:

• Fix for "stuck at first start-up" and issues caused by certain network conditions
• Hungarian language added
• Language fallback set to English, not Arabic
• Various smaller bug and stability fixes

Get the most from Opera Mini

Opera Mini is a special kind of browser that delivers compressed Web pages from Opera’s servers, and as a result, browsing is fast and data use is reduced to about 10% of what you would normally use.

There has been feedback from many users asking how to maximize the benefits of Opera Mini on iPhone. We want to point out a few ways that you can really benefit from Opera Mini:

Longer Battery Life

By turning off 3G on an iPhone 3G and 3GS and you will significantly extend your iPhone’s run time. With Opera Mini, you will barely notice a difference in your browsing speed.

Make an old iPhone feel like new

Have a 1st generation iPhone? Since it does not support 3G, your data speed is limited, but Opera Mini can get you browsing faster than you would on a new 3GS.

Use 2G connections without a slowdown

Do you live in or frequently visit areas with limited 3G coverage? With Opera Mini the Web will still be fast.

Keep your traveling expenses low

Are you traveling abroad? Those data roaming charges add up fast! Using Opera Mini will save you a great deal of money.

Squeeze into crowded WiFi networks

Do you frequent busy coffee shops or Airports? Those WiFi networks can be crowded, slowing data speed down to a crawl. Opera Mini to the rescue!

Try these features only found in Opera Mini

For most browsing, Opera Mini is a great alternative to using Safari. But how is Opera Mini different than Safari? Here are a few features unique to Opera Mini:

Find what you are looking for, with ease

Find in Page lets you quickly find text in lengthy web pages.

Go back and forth, as fast as you can tap

Opera Mini saves recent pages in memory so that going back to previously viewed pages takes almost no time at all.

Keep your data backed up and in sync

Opera Link backs up bookmarks and speed dials on Opera’s servers, and lets you keep Opera Mini synchronized with Opera on your computer — at no additional cost.

Read easily, with no side-scrolling

Text wrapping makes it easy to read web pages without having to zoom out or pan from side to side. The browser fits the text to the screen just right.

Be kind to your eyes

Adjustable font size means that it’s easy to make the text large for less eyestrain — and Opera Mini reflows the text so that you still don’t have to scroll from side to side to read.

Make the most of your iPhone’s screen

A Fullscreen setting lets you use more of your screen for viewing Web pages, and still have easy access to controls you need.

Just How Fast is Opera Mini?

To illustrate how much faster Opera Mini is than Safari, we’ve done a few tests to illustrate this with the versions (not the mobile versions) of the following popular Web sites:

• Facebook (facebook.com)
• New York Times (nytimes.com)
• Wikipedia English Main Page (en.wikipedia.org)
• Amazon (amazon.com)
• PC World (pcworld.com)
• eBay (ebay.com)
• Engadget (engadget.com)

All pages were loaded up with a clean cache in both Opera Mini, and then Safari on an iPhone 3GS with only 2G, 3G, and also WiFi so that you can see the difference in performance under different network conditions.

On a 2G connection, Opera Mini readily beats Safari’s page load times, reducing the time it takes to get Web pages to as little as a fifth of the time, as seen when loading the New York Times’ home page.

Although pages load more quickly while using a 3G connection, Opera Mini is still clearly faster - Amazon is 3 times faster, and Engadget loads almost twice as fast as it does in Safari.

Even on a WiFi connection, Opera Mini still has a consistent lead over Safari, because it requires far less processing on behalf of the phone.

Taking the combined time to load all the pages on each browser, we see how much time Opera Mini can save you on each type of connection.

What makes Opera Mini different from a “Full” browser?

The vision Opera has is to offer the best Internet experience on any device. Consequently, we have two major browsers for mobile phones. Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. Opera Mobile is a full browser, like Safari, that gives you a complete browsing experience, and allows the use of interactive Web applications. Opera Mini is a different kind of browsing solution that offers a less data-heavy version of the Web page. Because of the way that Opera Mini works to achieve its great speed, some functionality of advanced Web pages and Web applications such as local JavaScript execution will not work perfectly. In these cases we would recommend using a full browser such as Opera Mobile on non-iPhone platforms, or Safari on the iPhone OS.

As you can see, there are many reasons why Opera Mini is a great browser to have on your iPhone alongside Safari To get the advantage of having the speed and great features that only Opera Mini can offer.