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Opera Mini ported to BREW platform

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 Published December 7th, 2007 12:43 PM EST By Daniel Goldman

The Opera Mini team (in Poland) ported the Opera Mini browser to the Qualcomm BREW platform.

The regular Opera Mini browser is written using the Java language (according to Sun Microsystems, Opera Mini is the most popular downloadable Java Mobile application with more than 27 million downloads). To get Opera Mini to work on BREW phones, it had to be ported into native code.

Most Verizon mobile phones in the United States (US) run on the BREW platform (except for some phones, like the Blackberry).

At this point, the BREW port of Opera Mini is only available directly to mobile operators/carriers and OEMs (for them to pre-install Opera Mini on their handsets).

A couple weeks ago, we announced a deal with Tata Teleservices, a telecom provider in India, to pre-install the BREW-enabled Opera Mini on their mobile phones. They’re the first ones to use this new Opera Mini port. Tata has a user base in excess of 20 million.

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  1. 1 XP1 Dec 7th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows Vista

    “provider India” should be “provider in India”?

  2. 2 David Pascoe Dec 7th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows Vista

    So this will mean that my new 3 Skypephone might be able to run a native Opera Mini ?

    great !

    I hope to see it available via download somewhere, sometime soon.

    davidp.

  3. 3 Joey Dec 7th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Yeah!!!! I was so excited to see this headline when I opened Opera Watch tonight! Can’t wait until I get Opera Mini on my VZW phone… it’s been so long since I’d heard an update on the BREW version that I was wondering when we’d ever see it. Thanks for the great news, Daniel!

  4. 4 Lewis Dec 11th, 2007 at 7:32 am
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows Windows XP

    Infact, I have had OperaMini 3 and 4 for more than two weeks on my 3 skypephone. All I did was, first, in the phones normal settings go to ‘java settings’- network settings – options – new – put in a new data connection – I chose ‘uk.wap.yahoo.com’ with their own proxy of ‘217.12.8.132′ port:80 – then go to the telephones browser menu, scroll down till you see settings on the left soft key, click – network settings – options -new, and, then, exactly the same as above. The reason for all this malarcky is to ensure you can eventually download OM sans obstruction.
    Next, I went to http://twilightwap.com (yeswap.com is maybe better) – elitewap – downloads – and searched around – I think getjar.org or j2me where my final bridge. It may infact be possible, and therefore, much simpler, to go straight to mini.opera.com and download from there (It is! I’ve just tried it – but only when using the above suggested network settings and proxy). Even if, after all this, you only have the generic, ie version 3, OM, you can download 4 or almost anything else. I now have mobilcast, goggle maps, Microsky, Wattpad, various chess games, cellity free sms, I have downloaded music, 3gpp vid., and numerous podcasts. Anyway, hope the above is intelligeable and good luck.

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