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Opera Mini 3.1 is out

Published February 21st, 2007 9:44 AM EST By Daniel Goldman

The Opera Mini team put out a new release of Opera Mini, version 3.1. This new release focused largely on bug fixes and better connectivity and support for additional mobile phones.

Read the changelog on the Opera Mini team blog, but some of the more noticeable additions include better RSS feed management and new support for the T-Mobile Dash and the Motorola i275, i850, i860, i870 (iDEN). Installing Opera Mini on these iDEN phones can be a bit tricky; the Opera Mini team will post instructions on their blog soon.

The only new feature with this release is the ability to better manage the RSS feeds on your phone. Other than that it’s all bug fixes.

I was waiting for this release for some time already, since it includes a fix for my phone, the Sanyo PM-8200. I used to get an error message after each page I visit saying the connection has been closed. I’m still using the basic version of Opera Mini; my phone can’t handle the advanced version. I need a new phone.

Additional links:
Download Opera Mini
Opera Mini 3.1 changelog
Opera Mini forums

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  1. 1 BAMAToNE Feb 21st, 2007 at 11:05 am
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Required information for T-Mobile Dash users that should probably be included on the main download page: The left soft key still doesn’t work. You can use “Q” and “P” instead.

    http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=1925082

    We can now start Opera Mini more than once after installing it now, though. So that’s good. :)

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