Opera Mini 5 beta released

Opera presents the fifth version of the popular mobile browser.

Oslo, Norway, September 16, 2009 - Opera Software today released a beta release of Opera Mini 5, a new version of the world's most popular mobile browser. Opera Mini "mobilizes" the Internet, making it accessible and easy to use for everyone and for everyone.
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The fifth generation of Opera Mini browser develops the concept of full-fledged work on the Internet from any device promoted by Opera. The new interface with the Express panel for quick access to your favorite sites and tabs for convenient work with them, multiplied by an even higher speed of work, make Opera Mini the most convenient and fast web browser for phones. To make sure of this, it is enough to open the browser installed in the phone by default, type m.opera.com/next in the address bar and download the Opera Mini 5 beta version for free.

Five key browser features:
1. Elegant design. Opera Mini 5 offers a new intuitive interface.
2. Tabs. This desktop browser option is now available in the mobile version. Tabs allow you to work with multiple sites at the same time and simplify navigation through open pages.
3. Support for touch screens and keyboards. Opera Mini interface is adapted to work with websites using both the push-button keyboard and the touch screen of the phone.
4. Password Manager. Opera Mini is able to become a personal virtual data bank, saving passwords for entering social networks, an email inbox and secure applications.
5. Express panel. This is one of the most convenient ways to organize quick access to frequently used web resources. Using the Express panel, you can download your favorite sites with just one click.

You can get acquainted with new features and download Opera Mini 5 beta browser on the official website www.opera.com/mini/next

“According to our research, the main reason why people use the Opera Mini browser is its simplicity - the ease of operation in the web to which we are all accustomed. On a small phone display, it is not easy to provide the same comfortable viewing of sites as on a computer monitor screen. However, we remain committed to the idea of ​​convenient access to the Internet from any device, including mobile phones, said Jon von Tetzchner, head of Opera Software. “New navigation features, tabs, and the Express Panel make browsing the Internet with Opera Mini more convenient than ever before.”

Opera Mini as a platform for providing services was chosen by many mobile operators offering communication services throughout the world. The browser reduces the load on the cellular network, allowing you to compress received and transmitted data to 90% of their original volume. As a result, users receive more content in terms of 1 megabyte of traffic, and providers have the ability to control the cost of the infrastructure of their cellular networks.

View the demo video

Opera Mini is the most popular mobile browser in the world, used by 30 million people who download more than 12 billion web pages to their mobile phones every month. The browser works on almost all Java-enabled phones and is designed to provide Internet access even from low-cost, low-cost models.

Attention: the current beta version of Opera Mini 5 may not run on some phone models. Only English version of the browser is available.

The company Opera offers a customized version of Opera Mini 5 for BlackBerry communicators. The browser version developed specifically for such devices allows you to use all the advantages of effective work on the Internet, including following links, copying and pasting functions. Download Opera Mini for BlackBerry at m.opera.com/next absolutely free.

About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of web browsers for desktops, mobile phones and other devices. Opera Browser has received worldwide recognition from users and manufacturers due to its speed, compactness and greater proximity to standards than other browsers. The headquarters of Opera Software is located in Oslo (Norway), and territorial offices are located in several countries around the world. The company's shares are traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange Stock Exchange under the ticker OPERA. More information about the company: www.opera.com

useful links
Official blog, Russian-speaking community Opera: my.opera.com/russian
Opera's blog on Habrahabr.ru: habrahabr.ru/company/opera
Community Opera in the social network VKontakte.ru: vkontakte.ru/club15122
Make the Internet better! “Choose Opera” blog [EN]: www.chooseopera.com
Opera's microblog on Twitter [EN]: www.twitter.com/opera