Speed Is the Focus of Opera’s New Mobile Browser

June 9th, 2009

While the mobile world discusses the Palm Pre’s debut and Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Opera is singing its own mobile song. On Monday, Opera launched the latest iteration of its mobile browser.Opera Mobile 9.7 beta is now available for download. The browser comes to market with a mandate to accelerate the browsing experience for Windows Mobile-based phones.

“There are other mobile browsers on the market that claim to be faster and more Web-site compatible on Windows-based phones, but I challenge users to take Opera Mobile for a test drive and discover a new standard for speed and compatibility,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software. “Opera Mobile 9.7 leaves other ‘sluggish and painfully slow browsers in the dust.”

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