Opera stats and new beta mini

Rating: we signed up for the beta version

by Bena Roberts

Opera is introducing a new beta mini version. Sign up at www.operamini.com/beta.

From the press release
“With more than six million Java technology developers and 1.8 billion Java
technology-enabled mobile handsets, the Java technology ecosystem continues
to expand. Opera Mini has distinguished itself in this landscape and is
succeeding to penetrate the market, making a great proof point of the
ongoing vitality of the Java technology development community,” says Jean
Elliott, senior director Client Software Group product marketing, Sun
Microsystems.

“We’re proud of Opera Mini’s award winning usability, but ultimately it’s a
popular application because it is useful to everyone,” says Tatsuki Tomita,
EVP, Opera Software. “We wrote Opera Mini in Java technology so that we
could bring the full Internet to the largest number of mobile phones around
the world.”

Opera stats and info
15 million have downloaded Opera software. 5.2 billion web pages have been viewed via Opera Software and T-Mobile and Telefonica have selected the Opera Mini browser.

For analysis on Opera Mini and Mobile, InfoGin and Novarra (Volantis coming soon) please see The Mobile Search Analyst.

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