Vodafone, Opera bring new faster browser for mobile phones

Vodafone Essar and Opera Software today launched a co-branded version of the Opera Mini mobile browser, now available for download across Vodafone's network in India.

With the co-branded web browser, Vodafone Essar can offer customers a better and faster browsing experience on nearly any mobile phone capable of connecting to the Internet. The co-branded browser offered by Vodafone Essar will feature customized Speed Dial shortcuts for easy access to unique Vodafone Essar features.

"We are delighted to promote our new co-branded Opera Mini product to our customers. We know that Opera Mini brings a great fast mobile Internet experience to our customers, both new to the Internet and experienced users," said Jonathan Bill, vice president of Internet Services, Vodafone Essar. "The co-branded version brings new, enhanced functionality to Vodafone's customers, giving them easy one-click access to key content and applications."

The Opera Mini browser uses compression technology to save data traffic and adapt to a greater number of devices worldwide.

Opera Mini 6.1 and Opera Mobile 11.1 now available for download

Opera announced the launch of Opera Mini 6.1 an update to the popular Opera Mini 6 & Opera Mobile 11.1 an update to the popular Opera Mobile 11.

The latest version introduces great features that make it a snap to get to the webpages you want.

Search suggestions from Google and Yandex will appear when you start typing in the search field.

You can now search directly from the address bar! The search option will appear in the drop down list when you type something.

The text selection is greatly improved for touch screen devices. Just click on the text you want to select, then drag the handles to adjust the selection and press “Select”.

Opera Turbo improvements for Opera Mobile. More speed. Improved picture quality for Opera Turbo using WebP. Go to m.opera.com to upgrade or download.