Nokia, which currently uses the Opera browser in its mobile phones, announced a couple of weeks ago that it’s turning to the open-source community to provide a new browser.
Opera appeared to be most affected by this, since Nokia is one of Opera’s largest customers.
But Opera found a backdoor into Nokia.
Today Opera announced that it would provide the Opera browser on the Nokia 6680 for T-Mobile.
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Q: What is Opera?
A: Opera is one of the most powerful Web browsers around. A Web browser is the program that allows you to view Web pages. Opera is well known for innovation for PC browsers and bringing the full web to mobile phones and devices.
Q: Is Opera free?
A: Absolutely free.
Q: Why should I download a browser? Doesn't my computer already come with one for free?
A: It's about getting more out of the time you spend on the internet. Opera is designed to be much faster than these browsers and gives you powerful features that the default browser lacks. Default browsers like Internet Explorer are also more likely to be subjected to dangerous software such as viruses and spyware.
Q: Will Opera keep me safe from fraudulent websites and malicious hackers?
A: According to Secunia, a respected firm that tracks security in browsers, Opera has the best reputation and track record when it comes to browser security. Keeping our users safe from security vulnerabilities, fraudulent websites, and malicious hackers is a top priority for Opera. Opera is maintained by hundreds of engineers, developers and security experts who are constantly looking to make the browser even safer.
Q: Doesn't Opera copy all of their features from other browsers?
A: Absolutely not. In fact, many of the features that are popular in other browsers today were invented and pioneered by Opera a long time ago. Opera invented the precursor to tabs (in 1994), Page Zoom (1994), was the first browser to block pop-up ads (2000), first to add a Search field in the browser toolbar (2000), Sessions (1996), deleting private data (2000), Mouse Gestures (2000), User JavaScript (2005), BitTorrent support (2005), Widgets (2006), Speed Dial (2007), and much more.
Q: Does Opera support extensions, such as those found in Firefox?
A: Much of the functionality provided through Firefox extensions is already built directly into Opera, so you don't have to download additional extensions in Opera. In addition, Opera is highly customizable and supports all standard plug-ins.
Q: Can I also use Opera on my mobile phone?
A: Yes. And your Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS or almost any connected device and mobile phones. Opera Mobile oftens comes preinstalled from the manufacturers, but if it doesn't you can install Opera Mini which runs on nearly all phones.
Q: This all sounds great, so how do I download Opera?
A: -- Opera on your computer
-- Opera Mini on your phone
-- Opera Mobile on your phone
-- or learn more about Opera at www.opera.com
Nokia seems to sleep currently in many beds
Wasn’t the Nokia 770 supposed to ship with Opera? And isn’t Opera itself developing a port of KHTML to the glib and gtk+ environment? I honestly think it’s a good way of offering websupport to multiple plattforms. KHTML can definitly use the addition work put into embedded ports of it. The Gnome project could really use a port of KHTML (or in fact any alternative to gecko). And Opera is still no.1 for phone browsers. 
Opera porting KHTML? That doesn’t make any sense.
AFAIK, Nokia itself is porting KHTML.
I coulda swore I saw an article some time ago about Nokia funding MoFo’s MiniMo project. Seems like they don’t really know which way they want to go.
On Nokia and Minimo, there’s this CNET story from 2004.
I figure they just want to keep their options open. Plus it wouldn’t surprise me if it turns out that different codebases work better on different platforms, so if they have (for instance) some devices based on Symbian, some on Linux, some on Windows CE, etc., they can pick the engine that’s most appropriate for each device.
@Idan: I was talking about Nokia