Opera Mini 4 released

Some phones--like the iPhone or Nokia's high-end Symbian S60-based devices--are blessed with a real web browser right out of the box. Unfortunately, some other phones (namely those whose operating system rhymes with "win doze moe bill") aren't so lucky. Fear not my friend--just because your phone didn't ship with a desktop-class web browser doesn't mean that you're doomed to surf the miniature Internet. Behold: Opera Mini 4, the latest iteration of the much-loved mobile browser. As with previous versions, Opera Mini 4 is a free over-the-air download available from www.operamini.com. Unlike previous versions of Opera Mini, however, this year's model boasts support for Opera Link (a service that allows you to sync preferences between mobile and desktop browsers), custom search (just like on the desktop version of Opera), faster page renders, native BlackBerry menus, a virtual mouse cursor and a landscape mode. Phew, that's a lot of features. Opera Mini 4 is available now for pretty much all Java-enabled phones with the exception of non-BlackBerry Verizon handsets.

For more on Opera Mini 4:
- see this press release