Opera Mini 4.2 escapes beta, arrives for Android

It's tough to find someone who doesn't appreciate the amenities in Opera Mini, and we have to say, that hamstrung version that hit the Android Market in November just made us yearn for the real deal. Thankfully, that waiting window has finally closed. As of today, mobile surfers can suck down the non-beta version of Opera Mini 4.2 for Android, complete with easier URL entry, upload / download support and the ability to zoom in / out on double tap and handle multimedia files. Give it a go and report back with any praises / gripes, won'tcha?

[Via phonescoop]

[ArhcAngel Posted Jan 29th 2009 12:01PM]

They had to get it out the door before the new BOLT mobile browser http://boltbrowser.com/
I loaded it on my BB Curve yesterday and it is much faster than the Opera Mini browser.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 29th 2009 12:22PM]

But how do you get it? Even on the Opera site, the latest version from November 25, 2008:

http://labs.opera.com/downloads/

[Student Driver Posted Jan 29th 2009 1:01PM]

I was wondering the same thing, as I can't find it yet.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 29th 2009 12:30PM]

The two biggies with Opera that always drove me nuts are the separate text-entry screens (a HUGE pain in the ass on forms) and the complete lack of URL copy/pasting. On my Blackberry 8800, Opera was a necessity and I dealt with the issues. But on Android? It's just not worth it. If you regularly send links to people via email, forget about it. As I was downloading it just now, I thought for a second that they might have addressed those issues but, alas, they have not. I'll keep it on my G1 just for those rare occasions when the Android browser either completely f's up rendering, or when you get redirected to a funky mobile version of a page.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 29th 2009 3:01PM]

Just search opera mini in the apps market, its 4.2 and SUCKS... not to mention it brings up mobile versions of websites and looks generic.


Ill stick with the stock browser..good looking engadget!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 29th 2009 10:25PM]

Opera sucks, when are we gonna get skyfire?