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Opera, the Norwegian company who makes one of my favorite all time mobile applications Opera Mini, has admitted both via Twitter (above) and with an interview at PC Magazine, that they’re going to launch a version of Opera Mobile specifically for Android. Now I know what you’re thinking, isn’t the browser inside Android devices already the most advanced browser on the market? True as that may be, Opera Mobile has a feature known as Turbo which is a key differentiator and may have many people switching. It utilizes a client server solution to compress websites, which in turn increases rendering speed and battery life. No details were given with regards to timeline. While there is no version of Opera Mobile for the Symbian platform that has the Turbo feature, I still do most of my browsing with Opera Mini since it does the same thing via a Java application versus native.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
