Opera Mini Available on Qualcomm’s BREW Platform
The web browser leverages the company’s Small Screen Rendering technology.
Opera Software, today announced that its Opera Mini browser is now available on phones enabled with Qualcomm’s BREW platform.
The company boasts of providing an excellent user experience by leveraging the company’s Small Screen Rendering technology to reformat the web page to fit inside the screen width. The company also avers that their new Desktop Mode gives users a wider view of the page, displaying web pages exactly as they appear on the PC. The company states that enhancements such as the Opera Zoom functionality allow users to dive into the page, and dynamically navigate the content, resulting in a more intuitive browsing experience.
The company believes that for operators, a turnkey white-labeled Opera Mini solution increases brand loyalty among users and adds that the Indian telecom operator, Tata Teleservices Ltd, was one of the first to realize the advantages of Opera Mini for their BREW handsets.
“We are excited to provide Opera with the ability to extend the offering onto BREW-enabled devices,” said Bob Briggs, senior vice president and general manager of BREW for Qualcomm Internet Services. “Opera Mini represents another way that customers can have an enhanced user experience with high speed and content rich Web sites right from their BREW phones.”
“Opera consistently aims to improve the quality and performance of mobile Web browsing. By making Opera Mini available on Qualcomm’s BREW platform, we are able to offer a fast and cost efficient Web experience to millions of mobile phone users,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO for Opera Software. “The rapid growth of Opera Mini solidifies Opera’s leadership position in the mobile Web browsing space and is further proof of the value that leading operators, such as TATA Teleservices, are finding in our solutions.”
“By offering Opera Mini on BREW-enabled handsets, we are able to bring innovative data offerings to our users. Opera has once again proven itself as the pioneer in providing rich and full access to the Web,” says Pankaj Sethi, President, VAS & Enterprise Marketing, Tata Teleservices Ltd.
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