We’ve all heard that it was coming. Well, now the new Opera/eBay browser is here for your mobile devices. But the real question is whether or not anyone will care?

EBay is offering its users in Germany a customized version of the Opera Mini cell phone browser to make it easier for them to buy and sell things through the eBay site from their mobile phone.

EBay Germany, the second largest eBay community after the U.S., is offering its customers the Opera Mini eBay edition browser so that they can sell, bid on and buy products from eBay using their mobile phones in the same way they do on their computers. The browser start page will feature an eBay search field and eBay bookmarks and is free to download. The browser, developed by Norwegian company Opera Software, is compatible with most Java-capable phones.

EBay Germany customers could previously bid on and buy products on their mobile phones but using text message and a stripped-down Web page specially designed for mobile phones, said Alexander Witt, an eBay Germany spokesman. Using the customized Opera Mini browser, customers will see the same eBay Web pages they see on their computers and the browsing, bidding and buying experience will be the same, he said…. Source: InfoWorld

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