The Opera Mini browser was designed with mobile devices in mind. It compresses the contents before they are send to the device of the user who is running Opera Mini which results in lower bandwidth needs because the traffic is routed through an Opera server first to achieve that.
Pritesh pointed out that there is a way to run the Opera Mini browser on a normal computer by following instructions found on the Java on Mobile Devices website. It’s a bit complicated but doable for anyone with a technical understanding.
A user basically needs to download the Java SE Development Kit (JDK), the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2 for CLDC, the OperaMiniLargeDevice configuration created by the author and obviously the Opera Mini Browser.
Start by installing the JDK and the Wireless Toolkit afterward. Now extract and move the OperaMiniLargeDevice folder to the wtklib\devices path of the Wireless Toolkit and choose it as the default service in the start menu. Now run Run MIDP Application from the same start menu entry which will load Opera Mini if you select the JAD file that you have downloaded earlier.
The author provides two additional screen resolutions that provide support for the Asus EEE PC and the HTC Shift. The latest updated files are available at this post.
The main advantage of using Opera Mini is the compression in my opinion and probably the low resource usage of the browser. Setup is slightly complicated but once everything is running you can be sure that you are using a low resource and low bandwidth browser, probably as low as it can get.
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I used this to bypass some customer firewall, sometimes the Opera proxy is not blocked and you can use it as an additional proxy
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Can i use Opera Mini to bypass my ISP firewall to browser for free with my Laptop? I heard opera mini can do it and if so how can i get it.
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that’s great to know, i have one more tip regarding this.
you can simply use opera mini on your pc at this url: http://www.operamini.com/demo/
and you need to have anything installed for using this.
if any body have an idea to run opera mini on pc
pls…. send idea to me
thanks…………………………
please am a student in nigeria. please could you send opera mini software for pc browsing. i have been visiting your site because of this. please i really need your help
pls i need a text detail on the process to install opera mini for p.c browsing am despirately in need.ok?
when I run the JAD file:
OTA server emulation started …
HTTPS server emulation started …
Error: Reason = 36
Can anyone help?
Thanks
i also hav the same problem :(… wat to do?
why operamini is not to be downloded
I wrote a full guide about ow to use Opera Mini on Windows, check it out:
http://lawand.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/opera-mini-for-windows/
it includes a windows installer and some useful tips.
why opera mini not be download in p.c
This guy seems to have come up with really gr8 idea
just download from the mirrors
http://operank-ankush.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html
and then install like any other program
serves all functions like saving pages, downloading also supports google maps at an amazing speed.
como descargo opera en mi computadora?
i want to open wap sites on my computer with the help of opera mini browser,,because i want to create a mobile website…so for testing and see the results on the wap browser…that’s why i want download a wap browser on PC…
plz help me..