Opera Mobile for Android

Android users rejoice, as Opera has just announced the upcoming release of Opera Mobile for Android.

When? When? When?

Although the official date of availability remains unknown, company promised to deliver browser within a month or so.

Features?

Opera Mobile for Android will receive two new features:

– Hardware Acceleration

Hardware Acceleration allows Opera Mobile to run at lightning speed. Navigating a page will be faster than ever, and the improvements to the UI will be momentous. All this is made possible by taking full advantage of the power available on your phone. Hardware Acceleration allows us to do amazing things like full pinch to zoom for all sites. It also allows us to have a more fluid interaction with the phone, improving your browser experience!

– Pinch to Zoom

The current versions of Opera Mobile and Opera Mini has two levels of zoom. One for the full page width and one for zooming in to read the text. With Pinch to Zoom you will be able to choose your own level of zoom just like in Opera Desktop. Text will now be rendered at a per character level and zooming in will be a fluid zoom from page-width down to the text you want to focus on

Bring it on.