Happy holidays
Published December 24th, 2007 1:36 PM EST By Daniel GoldmanI’d like to wish all of my readers and fellow Opera fans a happy and safe holiday season!
Enjoy the rest of 2007.
Daniel
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happy christimas to everyone
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You too - let’s hope 2008’s going to be Opera’s best year to date. Between Mini and 9.5, it certainly seems like a good start!
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Chuck, don’t forget all the Wiis arriving in the morning too. Happy Christmas to all.
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Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
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Merry merry Christmas to everybody
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Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to the entire Opera family
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Happy New Opera
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Using Opera Mobile 8.65 on Windows Mobile 6.
Merry Christmas to all!
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New year to all Opera programmers/users/lovers!
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Good point, Steve, good point! By the way, do Wii users realize that they are using the Opera browser, or is it custom branded? Merry Christmas to all of you.
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Thanks! Happy Holidays to everyone!
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Hi Chuck
The Wii Internet Channel says “Powered by Opera” while loading, and the HomePage has an “O” symbol. There is also MyOpera in the Favs.
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Nice - that ought to bring curious newcomers to discover the desktop version of it…
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Merry merry Christmas to everybody
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hi I was serching on the web for reg codes for opera mobile on my ppc mogul and was wondering if I could possibly get one off you I’ve been serching for a while now. or a new ver. of opera mobile pleaaaase. thank you my email is monkenutz@yahoo
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have a safe new year everyone
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Happy new year to the whole team of Opera.
A great hello to Seoul Opera office employees I met.
Feast now!