Opera released Opera Mini 5 beta for most mobile phones on AT&T/ Sprint/T-Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry Storm, Bold, Tour and Curve.
The new beta version introduces a new look, Speed Dial bookmarks, touchscreen optimization, password manager and tabs. Opera offers a special version of the Opera Mini 5 beta for BlackBerry. Designed specifically for BlackBerry devices, Opera Mini 5 works seamlessly with BlackBerry, including opening links and copy-and-paste functions.
To get the broswer in your phone's existing web browser to http://m.opera.com/next, and download the Opera Mini 5 beta free of charge.
Opera Mini 5 beta features:
- Sleek design -- Opera Mini 5 features a new, intuitive and advanced look and feel.
- Tabbed browsing -- This desktop favorite is now available for Opera Mini. Tabs allow users to browser several sites simultaneously. This helps users easily jump from one page to another with the click of a tab.
- Touchscreen or keypad browsing -- Opera Mini caters to the needs of your phone, offering optimal browsing for both touchscreen and keypad-based phones.
- Password manager -- Opera Mini is a virtual memory bank, securely saving all passwords for e-mail, social-networking sites, online banking and more.
- Speed Dial -- This is our take on a table of contents for your Web adventure. Opera's Speed Dial will greet you with your pre-selected Internet favorites upon loading the browser.
The browser works on Sony Ericsson, LG Features phones, HTC, Motorola (many models) on Java carriers which are AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile (which may lock direct downloads of 3rd party apps."
An Android version is expected in the future.
"In our own research, we have learned that the number-one reason people use Opera Mini is because it is easy -- easy to use the Web you know. The idea of navigating the vastness of the Web from such a small screen can be a daunting leap, which is why we have long committed to make the browsing experience you are familiar with from your PC, easy to do on your mobile phone," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "With new, sleek navigation buttons, tabbed browsing and Speed Dial bookmarks, you are never more than a click away from where you want to go on the Web."