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Opera to showcase their latest mobile phone and device products for the iPhone and Android at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. Final versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 will also be on display on many of today’s most popular handset platforms, including Symbian S60, Windows Mobile 6.5, J2ME and RIM Blackberry. Both products were released earlier this week, bringing Opera’s new user interface and feature set to market.

Virgin Mobile USA gets Opera Mini mobile browser for the web that allows people to surf the web on their mobile phones fast and intuitively. Opera Mini will be available as a free application download on select devices for Virgin Mobile USA prepaid customers via the VirginXL download storefront. In the future, Opera Mini will come pre-installed on selected Virgin Mobile USA handsets.

With Mozilla turning the tide on the traditional web browser front it comes as no surprise that the smart folks wouldn’t want a piece of the mobile market. Speed, performance and features may make Fennec a force to be reckoned with in the mobile browser front. While we at MobileMage.com haven’t got our hands on the beta yet, fear not, the geeks here will be watching the ensuing mobile browser wars and provide as much news and objective reviews as possible.

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The USA has knocked the UK off the top slot for mobile web browsing with 29% of the worldwide traffic, according to data released today by Bango. And the good news for content providers is that the growth in traffic is being matched by the growth in users paying for content on the mobile web.

Vodafone announces agreement with Opera Software to enhance mobile Internet experience on mobile devices, mobile phones and handsets. Vodafone has signed an agreement with Opera Software to develop a custom-made version of the mobile browser Opera Mini aimed at giving customers with low and mid priced handsets a high quality mobile internet experience on the go.

Skyfire, the makers of the same-name PC-like mobile browser for mobile devices, released Skyfire Beta 0.9 to bring people closer to each other and their favorite content. This new version of Skyfire integrates a desktop experience browser with the best of the Social Web.

The most noticeable change in the new version of Skyfire is a real-time activity wall which aggregates customized feeds from news, media, Facebook and Twitter.

According to surveys conducted by ABI Research in 2007 and 2008, 70% of respondents used their mobile phones to access information through Internet search engines last year. That represents a substantial 14% increase over 2007. The consumption of mobile data services, including search, has steadily increased year over year as indicated by the use of email and web from a mobile phone.

Skyfire expanding availability of their award-winning PC Web experience mobile browser to Canada. Now Canadians can watch live sports like NHL hockey, NBA basketball, or use their favorite music and video services that they enjoy on their PCs.

Patent-Pending SIDEBAR Platform Delivers Interactive Entertainment and Ad Content to White Space on Mobile Device Screens. Will soon launch national consumer trials with a major US wireless carrier.

Global brands such as MTV Networks, the Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters, Dolce & Gabbana go mobile with Adobe Flash. Adobe launches Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 at Mobile World Congress.