Opera 10.52 boasts a more Mac-like interface, but this new beauty is not just skin deep. More of the browser has gone Cocoa for better integration with Mac OS X and other apps, which means it now supports Growl and multi-touch gestures. As with Safari on recent MacBooks, Opera 10.52 users can pinch-to-zoom, use two fingers to scroll, and three fingers to navigate back and forth through pages.

Opera 10.52 also gained Firefox’s “Awesome Bar” feature of searching from the address bar. Other additions include customizable search engines, private browsing per window or tab, and dialog boxes that are displayed as page overlays instead of dialog boxes so you can still switch tabs or windows to do something else.

Opera 10.52 for Mac is a free download that requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later on an Intel Mac.

Resource:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/195077/opera_1052_brings_new_mac_interface_other_enhancements.html

After much speculation, Opera has finally submitted the Opera Mini browser to be approved by folks over at Apple. This came after Opera demoed the Opera Mini working on the iPhone at the ongoing CTIA Wireless Expo at Las Vegas. If you recall, Opera had first demoed the Opera Mini for the iPhone at the CES over two months ago. Back then, people weren’t allowed to take pics or make a video of it – a thing that was not done this time around

While Opera is confident that its browser would be approved by Apple, there are others who think it will never enter the walled garden, i.e; the Apple App Store. Opera showed off a version of the Opera Mini running on an iPhone yesterday at their stall at the CTIA. From what is easily observed in the video below, the Mini is way faster than the default Safari browser on the iPhone.

Opera Mini for the iPhone is visually similar to the other versions of the browser for different platforms. Opera had confirmed last year that its browsers would sport a uniform look across multiple platforms. This is holding true even in the case of the iPhone version of Opera Mini. Opera Mini seems to be on an all out offensive against Apple and has even started a countdown clock that displays how long it has been since they submitted the browser for approval with the Apple App Store team. You can see the counter here.

Now all eyes are tuned to the “verdict” the Apple App Store will pass. Will Opera Mini make it to the other side of the fence? Will Apple relent? We’ll find that out soon!

Resource:
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Opera_Mini_Knocks_Apples_Door/551-110122-580.html

The beta version provides integration of Opera Mini with the Windows Mobile platform. "Opera is able to deliver an optimized version of the popular Opera Mini browser that dramatically improves performance and the overall user experience," a company press release said.

The Opera Mini will work on any Windows Mobile phone, as it does not requires Java.

The Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile includes the same rich feature set as the Java-based version, the company said. Such features as tabbed browsing, password manager, bookmarks and Speed Dial, are built-in.

One of Opera Mini’s claimed benefits is that it compresses data traffic by up to 90 percent, resulting in significantly improved page-loading and speed. "This results in a dramatically reduced data load, which can translate to lower browsing costs when on a pay-per-MB data plan or when on expensive roaming," the company said.

"Windows Mobile deserves a mobile browser that looks better, handles better and delivers better than the default browser," said Dag Olav Norem, Vice President of Products, Opera Software. "Even though Opera has 50 million satisfied Opera Mini users, we always seek ways to improve our browser for each and every mobile phone user out there. Now, we are pleased to offer the world’s most popular mobile Web browser as a native Windows Mobile application."

Download
Windows Mobile 5 and 6 users can download Opera Mini directly to their phone free from http://m.opera.com/next/ or read more at http://www.opera.com/mini/next/.