Download Opera Mini 3.0

On their own forum, the folks at Opera indicated that a new version of Opera Mini can be downloaded. Opera Mini is a web browser written in Java for mobile phones and empowers users able to surf the internet and view RSS feeds via the program, among other things. Unlike Opera Mobile, where the program downloads the entire page and then renders the page in a format suitable for the phone, the requested pages are first modified by Opera’s servers so that they can be displayed by Mini. The new Mini can go through this page on the mobile phone and comes with the following release notes:

Today, Opera Software introduces Opera Mini 3.0, the latest version of the award-winning mobile browser already used by eight million people worldwide The upgrade available today introduces new features that enhance mobile social networking abilities on all community sites: photo sharing, RSS feed reader and secure connections. Opera Mini is not tied to any single service, so it offers a personal Web experience that can be used to easily browse and upload pictures to all online community sites, including MySpace, Blogger, Flickr, Facebook and My Opera, as well as securely using popular webmail such as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail. Featuring secure connections, Opera Mini makes all Web transactions safe, including banking or shopping on eBay or Amazon. Opera Mini is globally available free of charge and enables Web browsing on almost any mobile phone. Only an Internet data plan through your carrier/operator is needed to access the Internet.

New features in Opera Mini 3.0

• Photo Sharing: Point, snap and instantly publish photos in your e-mail, forum or blog
• RSS Feed Reader: Add favorite news feeds directly in the browser
• Secure connections: Safely bank or make purchases online
• Content Folding: Collapse long menu lists into one expandable button for user-friendly navigation

[break] Hotmail and MySpace in Opera Mini 3.0