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Opera unveils next-generation Opera Mini 5 – We talk with Opera’s CEO about Mini

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 2:00 PM

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I recently got a chance to take a sneak-peak at Opera’s Opera Mini 5 beta last week, and it basically blew me out of the water. Opera asked that I keep the launch of Mini 5 on the hush until they were ready to go live. Today, Opera took the wraps off its all-new Opera Mini 5 mobile web browser, introducing it as the “next generation in mobile browsing.” Compared to Mini 4.2, Mini 5 beta is an impressive revamp, especially if you’re already an Opera opera-mini-5-vga-speed-dialMini fan. Read more in Stefan’s review of Opera Mini 5 beta.

“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.”

I managed to get some face time with Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner to talk about the Opera Mini browser – about where Opera Mini has come from and where it’s going. Check out the interview and Mini 5 tour below.

Opera Mini 5 beta tour from IntoMobile on Vimeo.

Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner talks Opera Mini from IntoMobile on Vimeo.

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Barry Wolach

    I use a BlackBerry Storm 9530. Is there a way to set the new Opera Mini 5 browser as the default browser for my Storm?

  • angel

    my phone is motorola L6, and its very frustrating because the latest version of opra mini beta 5 is not working on my phone!:( i really want it try it now. could you help me?