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Wii Opera Browser is Free Until Next Year
Wowzer writes "Nintendo is serious about giving casual game console users multi-functionality by offering not just a weather, news, and photo channels, but a free internet browser with the Wii at the November 19th U.S. launch. From the article: 'Opera's full Web browser is available for download from the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo has stated that they will offer Opera free of charge as a temporary promotion for all [worldwide] Wii users until June 2007.'"
Nintendo is temporarily offering me a free copy of a program that has always been free before. What a bargain!!
Opera has not "always been free". Prior to Version 5, it was pay software only. From 2000 to 2005, a "free" version was available, but was ad-sponsored. It's only been in the past year or so that a free-and-clear version of the browser has been available on the desktop.
Opera for PC is free. Opera for embedded systems like your phone, PDA, or Wii costs money, but usually that cost is hidden in the price of the product.
"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
Opera is in business for devices for ages. They are the standard company for browsing on devices.
Their "Opera Mini" which is shockingly only 96kb in most advanced version (MIDP 2.0) is some hit on mobile nobody could have imagined. I really hope one day they offer those download numbers at least the ones from mini.opera.com .
When we speak about devices, phones,consoles,PDAs: Opera is the king. Just look at this page:
http://www.opera.com/products/devices/gallery/
I mean they don't need any kind of favour to stay in business.
It is Microsoft which is a joke on mobile browsing and thank God, they couldn't even take off on that area.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sony PS3 Opera ships too.