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If you’ve been reading this blog for a while I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’m a big fan of Opera Mini, it’s my favorite mobile browser. The first thing I do when I get a new phone is install Opera Mini on it. It seems like a lot of other people like Mini too.  GetJar reports that it’s the most downloaded Java ME application of all time<\/a>.  According to Opera, Mini has 21 million active users, more than the total number of iPhones or Nokia N95s sold to date.<\/p>\n

Although Opera Mini is a great browser it’s not always easy to install and configure.  There are also a lot of neat features that aren’t obvious including some undocumented ones.  This is the first in a planned series of “Opera Mini Tips and Tricks” posts on Wap Review.  I recommend reading Opera’s own official  Opera Mini FAQ<\/a> and user forum<\/a> first.  However, no one document can cover every potential issue or question.  I hope these posts will serve as a helpful addition to the official docs.<\/p>\n

I’m going to start at the beginning, installing Opera Mini.  Opera’s download sites, both the mobile and PC versions seem to confuse many users so here’s a little FAQ on installing Opera Mini<\/p>\n

Q. What are the requirements for running Opera Mini?<\/p>\n

1) You need a phone that is capable of running Java ME Applications.<\/em><\/strong> About 90% of phones sold worldwide are. This is not true in the US unfortunately.  As the majority of my readers are in the US here is a breakdown of the situation.<\/p>\n

If your carrier is Sprint <\/span>(CDMA only), AT&T, STi<\/span> or a regional GSM carrier like i Wireless or Einstein you should be able to run Opera Mini.<\/p>\n

If you have a BlackBerry, Palm OS<\/span> or Windows Mobile<\/span> phone on any carrier you should be able to run Opera Mini.  Palm and most Windows mobile users will need to install a Java JVM run-time.<\/p>\n

For help in finding and installing the best Windows Mobile JVM (there are several), the best source of information is Werner Ruotsalainen’s “(Java) MIDlet Bible”<\/a><\/p>\n

There is only one JVM for Palm OS but it has been discontinued and isn’t very easy to find.  You can get the Palm JVM from MyTreo.net.<\/a> You do have register to download, but it’s free and MyTreo is a great site for Palm users. The Palm JVM is rather buggy.  It tends to crash a lot running Opera Mini.  You can minimize crashes by going to Prefs <\/span>on the Palm, scrolling down to Other <\/span>and choosing IBM Java VM<\/span>, and setting the following:<\/p>\n