Opera Launches Full Web Browser for Nokia Handsets

Opera Software has launched a Symbian based mobile web browser with Small-Screen Rendering (SSR) for the Nokia Series 60 mobile phones (7650 & 3650). Opera's Small-Screen Rendering technology has already created quite a stir among mobile phone manufacturers, as more and more users are expressing an interest in accessing the full Internet on their mobile phones. The key to the success is that unlike mobile Web solutions in the past that required Web developers to code pages intended for the mobile Web in a different language, such as WAP, Opera's SSR technology simply takes a HTML Web page and reformats it to fit on a smaller screen, eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling.

"Our relationship with Opera goes back to 1999, and we are very pleased to see that Opera is presenting their HTML browser on the Series 60 Platform," says EVP David Wood, Partnering, Symbian."Opera provides Symbian OS licensees and operators with an exceptionally full-featured Web browser and the highest standards-support. I have been running Opera on my own personal mobile phone for several months: it is a truly useful and truly inspiring application"

"Opera for Symbian OS is the ideal solution for mobile phones, thanks to its impressive functionality, small size and modularity," says CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner, Opera Software. "Opera claims few hardware resources, letting Opera to fit into different technical environments, providing mobile phone users with the full Internet experience."

Posted to the site on 30th April 2003