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Opera Software announced a new partner for Opera Mini – Brazil’s TIM, which will offer the latest version of the popular mobile browser through its WAP Portal. We’re guessing — though it wasn’t mentioned in the press release — TIM will provide its customers with a custom version of the browser that comes with set-by-the-carrier homepage and bookmarks.
According to the same press release, TIM is offering the cheapest data plans in the market: pay-as-you-go customers can purchase the 24 Internet Package for only R$2.90, with 40MB included; while postpaid subscribers sign up for a 100MB data plan for only R$9.90 per month. In addition, there are options of unlimited – mobile-phone exclusive – data plans starting at R$49.90.
And for the record, this is TIM’s second initiative with Opera Mini: in 2009, two devices sold by the carrier came with the browser’s previous version preinstalled, and that proved as a winning strategy.
In terms of Opera Mini usage among Brazilians, it skyrocketed 218% year-on-year in February 2010, with page views reaching 43,539,610…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
