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Opera Mini Installed in 15 Million Handsets

Usage of Opera Mini, a Java based Web browser for mobile phones, continues to grow worldwide. With more than 15 million cumulative users, Opera Mini claims to be the most popular downloadable Java software for mobile phones.

"With more than six million Java technology developers and 1.8 billion Java technology-enabled mobile handsets, the Java technology ecosystem continues to expand. Opera Mini has distinguished itself in this landscape and is succeeding to penetrate the market, making a great proof point of the ongoing vitality of the Java technology development community," says Jean Elliott, senior director Client Software Group product marketing, Sun Microsystems.

"We're proud of Opera Mini's award winning usability, but ultimately it's a popular application because it is useful to everyone," says Tatsuki Tomita, EVP, Opera Software. "We wrote Opera Mini in Java technology so that we could bring the full Internet to the largest number of mobile phones around the world."

People in Russia and the United States are the most prolific users of Opera Mini, with the Chinese a close third. more

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