Opera® Mini changes the face of mobile web surfing
Opera®, one of the most popular internet surfing software developers in the world, developed a new software application called Opera ® Mini. This software is basically a compact version of the original PC software that made the company so famous. This software is meant to be used on all compatible cellular devices that incorporate WAP and GPRS technology.
Users of the Opera® Mini web surfing software can easily and effectively access any website on the internet and WAP network from their cell phones and perform most of the tasks that a user would normally perform from their office or home PC while using the internet. Users can send and receive emails on famous e-mail clients like Hotmail® and Yahoo!® as well as download and upload all sorts of media. Opera® Mini is available from their home site http://www.operamini.com for no cost. Users can simply install the software and connect to the internet from their cell phones.
WAP waves spread wide in the UK
The UK is the fastest growing cell-phone using community in the world, at the same time as being one of the largest cell-phone consumer market in the world. The change brought by WAP in the UK was noticed around the world by many wireless communication analysts and journalists alike as being significant to the globalized movement of the cell-phone industry.
The fact is, 3 out of every 5 UK citizen owns a cellular device and every 2 out of those 3 cell-phone users surf the web using their devices for many purposes. These may include e-mailing, directory searching, ticket reservation for flights, cinemas, etcetera. The list goes on. The actual number of WAP websites accesses by UK mobile network users in 2003 was an amazing 1 billion, which grew to 9.2 billion in 2004 and grew to 14.6 billion in 2005. This number is continuing to grow at a rate much higher than the previous years and will continue doing so with much more effect as technological progress is made in the industry and as WAP becomes more user-friendly.