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Opera Mobile 9.5 will be demoed at SXSW

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 Published March 6th, 2008 11:37 AM EST By Daniel Goldman

Those of you attending SXSW (South by South West) in Austin will be able to see and play with the cool new Opera Mobile 9.5 browser.

This will be the first time we demo the upcoming Opera Mobile 9.5 browser in America.

Come by and visit our booth (which will be across from the Day Stage Cafe) and talk with the Opera folks on hand. This will be an excellent opportunity for you, if you’re a blogger, to take photos and video of the cool new browser (I’m sure they’ll be popular in the blogosphere).

(See photos and video of Opera Mobile 9.5)


(Tabs in Opera Mobile 9.5)

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  1. 1 Simon Houston Mar 6th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Whats that red thing near the X button on the address bar? Dragonfly maybe?

  2. 2 Daniel Goldman Mar 6th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Hehe… :)

  3. 3 Simon Houston Mar 6th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    I bet that the wings appear when that icon is clicked and active :P

  4. 4 Daniel Goldman Mar 6th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Simon, I was just pulling your leg :) I don’t know what that red icon is for, it’s not Opera Dragonfly

  5. 5 Duncan Mar 6th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    The real question is, when can I buy a copy!?

  6. 6 Øyvind Ø Mar 7th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Linux Linux

    Let the conspiracy theories begin. Zooming in on the icon you can see that it is thrown in there covers the border on the top. And on most of the screen shots the space is covered by the address bar rather than this icon which looks like…a feather? It can’t be dragonfly. It doesn’t fit the profile. It must be the remains of C S Starkweather…

    - ØØ -

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