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Opera has released a new beta version of Opera Mini 4.1 with several new features, including automatic completion of Web addresses, tools for attaching files to Web-based email, uploading photos to your blog or other site, downloading attachments from email for storage on your phone, and saving and viewing pages offline. This update of Opera Mini brings numerous improvements compared to their previous version.

This new beta version has been released to test their new features with signed versions of Opera Mini, and get feedback on how different phones handle signed versions of Opera Mini. Currently signed version of Opera Mini is not available for Palm OS and BlackBerry.

New features in Opera Mini 4.1 beta:

• 50% Faster Web Page Loading - Prior to this release, we upgraded our servers and Opera Mini now receives your requested Web pages up to 50% faster. So you can now access sites like Facebook, BBC, and any of your other favorite Web sites even faster, with Desktop-like speeds.
• Find Things Faster - Even though scrolling to your Web content is already easy with Opera Mini, the new Opera Mini 4.1 beta lets you search for text within a Web page so you can get to the information you need even quicker than before.
• Entry of Web Address Faster - Now you can stop wasting time typing in full Web addresses more than once while browsing. When typing Web addresses, Opera Mini 4.1 beta will recognize and suggest completions for you based on your Bookmarks and browsing history, making address input faster, easier and much more intuitive.
• Download and Upload Files - On phones with JSR-75, you can now upload and download files using Opera Mini 4.1 beta, without being re-routed to your phone’s native browser. Update your blog while on the go. Upload photos to your Web site or social network. Add attachments easily to Web-based email, and download other non media-rich content to your phone using Opera Mini 4.1 beta.
• Save For Later View - On phones with JSR-75, Opera Mini 4.1 beta lets you save pages for offline viewing so you can quickly access and read your desired Web content, even when you’re on a plane, in the subway, or in other places where you can’t get network reception. Depending on your phone, you may need to choose a destination folder for storing pages for offline viewing.
• Signed versions of Opera Mini - The signed version allows you to change permission settings to less restrictive permissions. The end result is that you will get fewer permission dialogs for e.g., file and network access.

To download Opera Mini 4.1 beta, visit mini.opera.com/beta using your phone’s existing Web browser and click on one of the links to download Opera Mini. For guide on how to use Opera Mini, watch the Tour.