Opera Mini Released for Android

Enables Compressed Data Before Download Leading to Lower Data Costs for Android Users

Opera has announced the availability of its browser Opera Mini 5.1 for phones built on the Android platform, offering better browsing performance and improved user experience.

Opera claims Mini is the world's most popular browser for mobile phones because it allows much faster download speeds and reduced data costs. The browser compresses data by up to 90 percent before sending content to the phone, and, for example, with webpages such as BBC.com, a normal mobile web browser will display a page roughly 1 time, as compared to 9 times with Opera Mini for the same cost. 

In addition to providing speed and cost savings, Opera Mini 5.1 comes with useful features, such as tabbed browsing, password manager, bookmarks and Speed Dial, built into the browser to deliver easy web access while on-the-go. With Opera Mini optimized for Android phones, more people are able to get a PC-like browsing experience on their handsets.

Opera Mini raises the game on Android phones. Since its Opera Mini 5 beta release, Opera Mini can now be set as the default browser for more convenient Internet access. Opera Mini 5.1 also offers improved page layout on high-end Android handsets with large screens.

Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software said: "Opera Mini 5.1 for the Android platform is the next step in bringing the world's most popular mobile web browser to all major platforms, offering improved performance and great web experience to almost any handset. Opera Mini is used by over 61 million people on more than 3000 handset models and with today's release Opera continues its mission to provide the best web experience on any device and on any platform."

With over 61 million users on 3000 mobile phone models worldwide, Opera Mini is a favorite not just on feature phones, but also on smartphones, scoring an impressive 1 million downloads on the iPhone during the first 24 hours of availability.

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