Opera has launched Opera Mini 5.1 for Android phones, which is available for free. Opera mini supports more than 3000 different handsets, the company claims. Opera Mini 5.1 also offers improved page layout on high-end Android handsets with large screens.

"Opera Mini 5.1 for the Android platform is the next step in bringing the world's most popular mobile web browser to all major platforms, offering improved performance and great web experience to almost any handset," says Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. "Opera Mini is used by over 61 million people on more than 3000 handset models and with today's release Opera continues its mission to provide the best web experience on any device and on any platform."

Opera Mini 5.1 will definitely be readily accepted by the Android community and we are expecting heavy downloads by users.