Soap Opera Ends As The World’s Best Browser Returns to GetJar

by erica - March 31, 2011

SOAP OPERA ENDS AS THE WORLD’S BEST BROWSER RETURNS TO GETJAR

Opera Mini 6, the latest version of the world’s most popular mobile browser, now available on GetJar

SAN MATEO, Calif., Mar. 30, 2011 – Opera and GetJar have introduced Opera Mini 6, the latest version of the world’s most-used mobile browser, in the GetJar store.

Opera Mini 6 comes with a slew of features that GetJar users will love: improved scrolling, panning and zooming; pinch-to-zoom on supporting devices and easy sharing with your social networks. Opera Mini 6 is available for Android, BlackBerry, J2ME and Symbian platforms. This version of Opera Mini is also optimized for tablet browsing.

Opera Mini now has more than 90 million users worldwide and can be used on 3,000 devices.

Opera Software and GetJar have been in a relationship for several years with Opera Mini consistently being one of the top downloads in the GetJar store.

“I’m glad that Opera Mini is back in the GetJar store,” said Mahi de Silva, EVP of Consumer Mobile at Opera Software. “We believe Opera should be everywhere and we love the fact that our fans will now be able to download Opera Mini again from GetJar.”

“GetJar remains committed to offering consumers the best possible content regardless of category, phone or platform,” said Patrick Mork, CMO of GetJar. “Opera Mini has been a great partner and one of our top apps for many years and our users will be happy to have a bigger and better version of Opera Mini back in our store.”

Customers can find Opera Mini 6 for free at http://www.getjar.com/opera-mini-web-browser/ .

About GetJar

GetJar is the world’s largest open app store with over 1.5 billion downloads to date. The company’s key point of difference is its open market approach, which allows it to deliver applications for both feature phones and smartphones across all major platforms such as Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iPhone and Symbian among others. The company provides more than 75,000 mobile applications to consumers in more than 200 countries. GetJar is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in the UK and Lithuania. For more information: www.getjar.com and follow us on Twitter@getjar.

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