Switzerland’s Swisscom has selected the Opera Mini browser for web browsing to its mobile phone customers. The Opera Mini will be available for download soon over the air (OTA) on most Swisscom-operated phones.

“We are the leaders in providing the Internet to Switzerland. We are proud of our advanced HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) network that currently covers 90 percent of the Swiss population,” says Thomas Hüter, Head of Internet Experience, Swisscom. “We wanted the most feature-rich and fast browser available that will work on all the Swisscom mobile phones on the market today. Opera Mini has proven its value to millions of users all over the world, and we want to offer our customers a great mobile browsing experience.”

So if you need to browse faster and more cost efficiently by reducing the amount of data transferred, the Opera Mini may be the right choice.

Opera Mini

Momentarily the most expected Apple iPhone 3G, which goes on sale on July 11 in 22 countries, is first generation iPhone with built-in GPS, iPhone 2.0 software and recently released iPhone SDK. The iPhone 3G will work with quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA networks and also supports Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE networks which can automatically switched. The new iPhone 3G delivers 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours using 3G, with up to 5 to 6 hours of web browsing, up to 7 hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback.

sources Phone Arena , Shiny Media , Stuff.tv , USA Today

The new Apple iPhone 3G, launched on Friday July 11, reached 1 million sold units in 21 countries where is already available: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US. In France, the iPhone 3G will be available on July 17.

“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

Users also already downloaded more than 10 million applications from the App Store, where is available more than 800 native applications, with more than 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent priced at less than $10.

“The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Developers have created some extraordinary applications, and the App Store can wirelessly deliver them to every iPhone and iPod touch user instantly.”

The applications you can get over cellular networks and Wi-Fi and are free or charged to the user’s iTunes.

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