Opera Web Browser now available for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphones

Opera Software ASA has released the latest version of their popular browser Opera 8 for the Windows Mobile Operating System popular amongst Smartphones and PDA users. The latest browser enables the Smartphone users to surf the Web with speed and ease on their mobile devices. Opera had avoided making a browser for this platform but had to change their policy after customers’ and operators’ demand for a fast and full-featured Web browser on Windows Mobile devices.

Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software said in a statement: “Originally, we had not planned to make Opera available on the Windows Mobile platform, but users kept asking for it because they were disappointed with the far from satisfactory performance of the browser that came shipped on their devices. We are very pleased to offer the speedy Opera Web experience to Windows Mobile Smartphone users, and we are certain that operators will enjoy added benefit as Opera on their subscribers’ Smartphones will increase data traffic and offer compelling use-cases for these devices.”

The company had earlier released two technical previews of the Opera Web browser for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone. They were welcomed by around 120,000 end-users who downloaded, tested and provided valuable feedback. This browser uses the same rendering core which is used on the desktop and other platforms of the Opera Browsers. Opera 8 for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone is available for download from here.