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‘Opera Turbo’ being considered for non-business users

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 Published February 27th, 2009 4:41 PM EST By BAMAToNE

There was an interesting tidbit in Opera employee Haavard’s “State of the Opera” blog post this morning. Apparently, Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner is considering an “end-user release” of Opera Turbo, which I blogged about earlier this month.

Opera Turbo uses Opera Mini’s compression technology and brings it to use for desktop users in a business environment, lowering costs while speeding up internet browsing. Many people who heard about Opera Turbo were disappointed that it would not be deployed for non-business users. It would be exciting if normal consumers were able to partake in this technology.

Other facts from Haavard’s “State of the Opera: Q4 2008:”

  • Total revenue up 69% since Q4 2007
  • Desktop revenue up 117% in Q4 2008 compared to Q4 2007
  • Desktop user count up 67% since the end of 2007, and 17% compared to Q3 2008
  • 20 million monthly Opera Mini users in January 2009, up over 160% compared to January 2008, and up from 17.6 million users in December 2008
  • Opera Mini data traffic up 350% in January 2009 compared to January 2008
  • Mobile/Device revenue up 56% since Q4 2007
  • Opera now has 675+ employees in 10 countries

See the details here: http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2009/02/27/q4-2008

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  1. 1 chas4 Feb 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.63 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    It would be interesting to use it on the desktop

    I wonder how it would work on the people how still use dial-up?

  2. 2 Great for data cards Feb 27th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.63 on Windows Windows XP

    At a time I was using a UMTS connection with a tight data volume restriction. Opera Turbo would have been really helpful then!

  3. 3 Sklep Zoologiczny Feb 27th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.63 on Windows Windows XP

    Dial-up? The are some countries that still use GPRS… Opera Turbo would be salutary!

  4. 4 Riza Mar 1st, 2009 at 6:20 am
    using Opera Mini Opera Mini 9.60

    I am an Opera Mini user from Indonesia.
    And yes, i am using GPRS, because there is no other options.

    I am using Opera Mini in my phone for mobile browsing, and running it in my Linux box via microemulator for desktop browsing.

    I really hope that Opera would release a native linux browser similar to Opera Turbo for non-bussines.

    Thanks to Opera for the Opera Mini.

  5. 5 Joachim Hansen Mar 3rd, 2009 at 6:09 am
    using Opera Opera 9.64 on Linux Linux

    I am using the net allot whit my phone as a modem on my Ubuntu powered laptop so i would probably sign up for Opera Turbo if the price isn’t to high.

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