Discover the Features and Initiatives of Opera Mobile Store

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The Opera Mobile Store is a treasure trove of mobile apps, offering a wide range of titles to suit every taste and need.

With over 1 million titles available, users can easily browse and discover new apps, from social media and productivity tools to games and entertainment.

One of the standout features of the Opera Mobile Store is its user-friendly interface, making it easy for anyone to find and download the apps they need.

The store also offers a "Top Charts" section, which showcases the most popular apps in various categories, helping users find the best apps quickly and easily.

App Store Features

The Opera Mobile Store is a cross-platform app store that offers a wide range of mobile apps and games across most mobile platforms.

You can browse the catalog, which is divided into categories like Tools, Internet, and Calculators, and also has Top Paid, Top Free, and Featured groupings. The categories are quite broad, all games are lumped into a single category.

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With over 140,000 apps available at launch, the Opera Mobile Store has a vast selection of content to choose from. Given its partnership with Appia and the Opera Publisher Portal, developers can sign up and publish their apps with ease.

The Opera Mobile Store also offers a self-service app promotion portal, where developers can bid for customer downloads. This pay-per-download platform enables robust targeting by region, platform, handset, and more.

Opera's app store is available in over 200 countries, making it a global platform for mobile app distribution. Its web app can be accessed from virtually any mobile or desktop browser.

Here are some of the key features of the Opera Mobile Store:

  • Sponsored product listings on the homepage and major content categories
  • Featured app banners with rich graphical ad units
  • Smart Page: Browser launch-page banners available in the new Opera Mini 7
  • Smart text banners: Contextually-relevant app promotions within Opera's new smart content aggregation service
  • App of the Week promotions on Opera's Facebook and Twitter pages, targeted by region

App Management

App Management is a breeze on Opera Mobile Store. You can easily discover and download new apps, and manage your existing ones with just a few taps.

The store offers a vast library of apps, with over 500,000 titles to choose from. This means you'll always find something new to try.

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You can browse through curated lists, search for specific apps, or explore the latest releases. The store's intuitive interface makes it easy to find what you're looking for.

Opera Mobile Store allows you to manage your app downloads directly from your phone, without the need for a computer. This convenience is a major plus for users on-the-go.

You can also view detailed information about each app, including user reviews and ratings. This helps you make informed decisions about which apps to download.

Opera Initiatives

Every year, Opera Mobile Store runs Top Apps Awards, recognizing the best apps in the Opera Mobile Store across multiple categories based on popular user voting.

Opera Software has launched a new cross-platform application store for mobile devices, available across 200 countries, making it a significant milestone in the mobile app market.

The app store is launched in partnership with Appia, the leading provider of open application marketplace technology, catering to users with mobile phones running Android, BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile.

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The app store experience is based on the location and device of the user, deciding the kind of applications available and the currency in use.

You can visit mobilestore.opera.com to see the catalog of applications available for your mobile phone on any mobile or desktop browser.

Opera has also launched a portal for publishers to get information about publishing their own apps on the Opera Mobile store, making it easier for developers to join the platform.

The Opera Mobile store has already seen more than 15 million users in February and has seen 700,000 downloads a day, indicating a strong start for the platform.

Partnerships and Launches

Opera Mobile Store has formed significant partnerships to expand its reach. In 2013, it signed a cross-app store distribution partnership with Yandex, the largest search engine in the Russian-speaking Internet market.

This agreement allows apps in the Opera Mobile Store to be available for download in the Yandex app store and vice versa. Opera Software also signed several more partnership agreements with mobile carriers in Eastern Europe.

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The Opera Mobile Store was launched in 2009 in partnership with Appia, allowing users to download applications for various mobile devices. The store is available across 200 countries and caters to users with mobile phones running Android, BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile.

The store also includes a catalog of applications for Java-enabled phones and allows users to download applications on their desktops.

Partnerships

In 2013, Opera Mobile Store signed a cross-app store distribution partnership with Yandex, the largest search engine in the Russian-speaking Internet market and the leading search engine in Eastern Europe, based on audience reach.

This partnership allows apps in the Opera Mobile Store to also be available for download in the Yandex app store and vice versa.

Opera Software signed several more partnership agreements with mobile carriers in Eastern Europe in 2013.

MTS Belarus and MTS Ukraine launched Opera co-branded app stores for their 28 million total user base that year.

For another approach, see: Mobile Search Engine Optimisation

Opera Launches

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Opera Software has launched a new cross-platform app store for mobile devices, making it available across 200 countries.

This is a significant achievement, as few app stores have accomplished this level of global reach.

The app store is launched in partnership with Appia, a leading provider of open application marketplace technology.

It caters to users with mobile phones running Android, BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile, from a number of device vendors.

The store also includes a catalog of applications for those with Java-enabled phones, offering both paid and free applications.

One of the store's features is that it allows users to download applications on their desktop, instead of requiring them to buy and download apps on the mobile device.

This is a convenient option, especially for users who may not have access to a mobile internet connection.

The Opera Mobile Store is open for access on all browsers, not just Opera.

However, Opera browsers will include a featured link for the application store, making it easily accessible to all Opera Mini and Mobile users.

The store has already seen significant traction, with more than 15 million users in February and 700,000 downloads a day.

For another approach, see: Home Store Open

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Claire Beier is a seasoned writer with a passion for creating informative and engaging content. With a keen eye for detail and a talent for simplifying complex concepts, Claire has established herself as a go-to expert in the field of web development. Her articles on HTML elements have been widely praised for their clarity and accessibility.

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