Opera browser to be pre-installed on Nokia X phones

Opera Software's internet browser will be pre-installed on Nokia's new low-cost mobile phone platform, known as the X, the Norway-based company has said.

"At launch time, the Nokia models launching with Opera pre-installed... include the devices Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL," Opera wrote in a statement.

Introduced just days before Microsoft is expected to take over Nokia's mobile phone operations in a $7.2 billion deal, the X phones are nevertheless based on rival Google's Android software.

(Reuters)