Opera to announce Opera Mobile 9.7 at CTIA Wireless 2009

[Andrew]

At next week's CTIA Wireless Show, Opera Software will be announcing the new Opera Mobile 9.7 server-accelerated browser for smartphones and mobile devices. Opera Mobile 9.7 features Opera Turbo, Opera's breakthrough compression technology the company unveiled last month during the Mobile World Congress, along with the company's latest Presto 2.2 rendering engine (also used in Opera 10 desktop). Furthermore Opera Mobile 9.7 will fully support dynamic Web technologies such as Ajax and Flash (for accessing popular sites like Facebook and YouTube). Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera Turbo also features better standards support (100% Acid 3 test) and developer tools, hardware acceleration Open GL ES, and support for Google Gears.

Not yet announced for public download, Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera Turbo will be first offered to carriers and ODMs to help them reducing network congestion while helping mobile device manufacturers bring increased speed and a more rich Web browsing experience to their customer and users.

For carriers specifically, Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera Turbo provides a more consistent and compelling full Internet experience by compressing data up to 80%, thus reducing unwanted traffic and congestion and allowing users to access the Web regardless of network limitations.
For mobile device manufacturers, Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera Turbo can make for a faster, more rich browsing experience by leveraging current device capabilities and utilizing hardware resources more effectively. Opera Turbo offloads Web page rendering to Opera servers freeing up device resources. Even devices with limited hardware capabilities show improved page download rates and better overall performance.

[Samsher]

The new version of the popular mobile browser will come with several important improvements, including the addition of Opera Turbo. Opera Turbo is a compression engine that can compress data with up to 80%, enabling carriers to reduce “unwanted traffic” and allowing end users to enjoy a faster browsing experience.

Opera Mobile 9.7 will also feature the Presto 2.2 rendering engine (used in Opera 10 for desktop), as well as complete support for dynamic Web technologies (including Flash and Ajax).

[Santanio]

Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera Turbo will be first offered to carriers and ODMs to help them reducing network congestion while helping mobile device manufacturers bring increased speed and a more rich Web browsing experience to their customer and users.

[Taipai]

For mobile device manufacturers, Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera Turbo can make for a faster, more rich browsing experience by leveraging current device capabilities and utilizing hardware resources more effectively. Opera Turbo offloads Web page rendering to Opera servers freeing up device resources. Even devices with limited hardware capabilities show improved page download rates and better overall performance.