Opera Mini 4 released

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Opera Mini 4 released

by Brad Linder Nov 7th 2007

Want that iPhone-like mobile web browser without the iPhone price? Opera has released the final version of Opera Mini 4, which can probably run on the phone you already have.

The stable version of Opera Mini 4 has pretty much all the same features as the beta version we told you about a few weeks ago, plus a few bug fixes here and there. But it's a huge step up over previous versions of Opera Mini, and most mobile phone browsers. Here are just a few of the things it can do:

Synchronize bookmarks and Speed Dial preferences with your desktop Opera browser using Opera Link.
View full web pages and then zoom in to areas you want to see close up.
Dynamically changes text size to fit your screen.
Images fit to screen

There's also support for RSS feeds and keyboard shortcuts. Opera Mini 4 uses the same rendering engine as Opera's desktop browser, which means you should be able to visit pretty much any site on the web from your mobile phone. Oh yeah, we almost forgot. Opera Mini 4 is a free download.
[via The Opera Mini Blog]

Tags: opera, opera-mini, opera-mini-4

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chuck said 4:52PM on 11-07-2007

Great Application on my Motorola V3xx. I just wish I knew who to go to for that damn unsigned prompt everytime I navigate a new page. Is it AT&T, Motorola or (doubtful) Opera???? And no, I do not want to hack my phone to get rid of the prompt. I have an idea that its ATT because it feels like they want to limit 3rd party apps on the unlimited mediamax plan. I think that is why the latest Yahoo GO is not available on the V3xx yet either.

Any opinions/input would be great.

Ed said 8:22AM on 1-20-2008

I've made a tutorial on how to get rid of this nagging function. I mean "yes" it is somewhat of a software hack, but it's not difficult and it doesn't harm your phone. Check this thread on the Opera Mini Community website.

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=207952&page=1#comment2410808

Ed said 12:49AM on 1-20-2008

Not sure if it'll work on your phone though, but it should if your phone uses Windows Mobile 5+.

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