Opera Mini 5 now on Android

It has recently been announced that Opera’s Opera Mini 5 Web browser is now available for the Android Platform. According to the company, the software compresses data by up to 90% before sending it through to the phone, thus significantly improving page loading and speed.

Opera Software has launched the newest beta version of the world’s most popular browser for mobile phones, Opera Mini 5, on the Android platform. Opera Mini 5 beta for Android brings a fast and cost-efficient Web experience to any handset built on the Android platform.

Opera Mini, with more than 50 million users worldwide, enables Web browsing on almost any handset by compressing data by up to 90 percent before sending content to the phone, resulting in significantly improved page loading and speed. With a simple, easy-to-use interface, Opera Mini offers a desktop-like Web browsing experience on a mobile phone, with favourite features such as Speed Dial, tabbed browsing, password manager and bookmarks. With Opera Mini optimised for Android, more people will be able to get a PC-like browsing experience on their mobile handsets.

‚Android users should not have to compromise when it comes to surfing the Web on their phones. Opera Mini will give Android users a fast and cost-efficient access to their favourite Web sites and services,‚ said Dag Olav Norem, Vice President of Products, Opera Software.

Download

Download Opera Mini directly to your Android phone. To download, simply visit m.opera.com/next with the Android browser or search for Opera Mini 5 in the Android Market.