Opera Software today announced that Sony Ericsson's P990 will ship with Opera 8 as its default browser. Opera is embedded in the Symbian OS-based UIQ 3.0, the user interface platform of Sony Ericsson's new smartphone which is the successor to the popular P900/P910. It will be the first phone released with the Opera-enhanced UIQ 3.0.

With the Opera browser, Sony Ericsson P990 users can surf the full Internet from their devices. This version of Opera includes well-known features such as tabbed browsing, a password manager and URL auto-completion, made popular in Opera's desktop browser. UIQ has made the Opera browser available for previous platform releases, to complement its usability-focused offering.

Opera is available for download on Sony Ericsson's UIQ-based P800, P900 and P910, and was touted by reviewers as the killer application for these phones. Advanced features such as Opera's Small-Screen Rendering (SSR) technology, plus its speed and ability to access the full Internet, make Opera the ideal solution for browsing on the go.

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