Opera, the company behind popular desktop and mobile browsers, has launched the Opera Mobile Store, now available in over 200 countries.
The store is available at mobilestore.opera.com or as a ‘Speed Dial’ link for users of Opera Mini or Opera Mobile on their phones.
Opera says there are over 100 million Opera Mini/Mobile users around the world.
Appia, a marketplace technology company, is delivering the app store, which has applications for Java, Symbian, BlackBerry and Android operating systems.
Says Oepra:
The launch of the Opera Mobile Store supports Opera’s core belief in an open, cross-platform mobile Internet experience by providing Opera users with an integrated storefront of mobile applications. Our partnership with Appia delivers to all Opera Mobile and Opera Mini users easy access to a wide variety of great content, on any device, all over the world.
In beta form, Opera says the Store attracted 700,000 downloads per day.
Result for: mobile browser
NotebookItalia has leaked the specs for the upcoming Toshiba Folio 100, which many had been calling the “SmartPad.”
The tablet should be the first true competitor to the Apple iPad as it packs some powerful features.
Toshiba’s Folio 100 will have a 10.1-inch widescreen WSVGA display, run Android 2.2 Froyo, work on a Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and include 16GB of internal memory.
Additionally, the tablet will have 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS, a 1.3MP webcam and an SD card reader with support up to 32GB.
As for ports, the Folio 100 has a USB 2.0 port, and HDMI port and a USB 2.0 mini audio jack.
Separating it even further from the iPad is the fact that the tablet supports the Opera Mobile Browser with Flash 1.10.
Toshiba is also expected to start its own small app store to complement the Android Market.
Result for: mobile browser
According to a new blog post, YouTube’s mobile site will now come with ad campaigns, giving advertisers a chance to offer up ads to target audiences easier.
Google says the mobile site saw traffic grow by 160 percent in 2009, with tens of millions of videos being streamed everyday on their mobile phones.
Says the post: “Today, we’re launching ads on the home, search, and browse pages of the American and Japanese YouTube mobile websites (m.youtube.com from your mobile browser). This is a great way for advertisers to reach YouTube viewers across multiple platforms. In fact, at launch YouTube will immediately provide one of the largest audiences for a mobile ad campaign anywhere on the mobile web. And because YouTube mobile attracts early adopters, the site can deliver to advertisers a coveted demographic of tech savvy trendsetters.”
The company points to early adopter campaigns by Sony and Kia, in which both companies were pleased with the audience they reached.
