Found Footage: Opera Mini for the iPhone
At long last, Opera Mini for iPhone has been submitted to the App Store. It was almost 2 years ago that Opera Software CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner told the New York Times that Apple was not going to admit the browser to the App Store, a claim which was later refuted.
Last February, Opera Software officially announced that Opera Mini will be made available for the iPhone, and offered a sneak peek at Mobile World Congress 2010 (MWC) in Barcelona.
Today, a preview video has been released (above) that shows off some of Opera Mini's impressive features, namely tab management and speed. Opera Mini makes use of server-side rendering, significantly compressing data before it reaches the phone, resulting in speedy browsing and less data usage. At the end of the video, you'll see an impressive head-to-head speed test between Opera and Safari running on identical iPhones over EDGE.
I'm looking forward to giving this browser a try. The tab management looks well done. If you're also eager to use it, watch the official submission countdown (or count up, actually). While you're there, place your guess as to when it will be approved. Whoever comes the closest will win a new iPhone.
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At long last, Opera Mini for iPhone has been submitted to the App Store. It was almost 2 years ago that Opera Software CEO Jon Stephenson...
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I've never really gotten into Opera on the Mac, but damn, i'd download this immediately.
March 25 2010 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI love the Opera browser for the Mac. So I relay hope that Apple will allow it to reach the App Store. Opera is very fast and has a lot of good features. So if the iPhone App is as good as the Mac version, then I gonna change mobile browser.
Dan Plesner Henriksen
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The NY Times website never finishes loading in any of the five pages that it claims to while waiting for Mobile Safari. He just waits to see a link and then scrolls to it and clicks it. The sad part is it does seem genuinely faster, but that part is misleading as hell.
March 23 2010 at 11:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWatch the video again. Sure they zoom to the link while the page is loading. But if you watch the progress bar, the link is clicked only once the page has loaded.
March 24 2010 at 7:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow, the Opera Mini browser on the iPhone looks really fast, based on the YouTube video, but I wonder how secure it is as opposed to using Mobile Safari on the iPhone and its built-in security features. And as others have said, Apple, to the best of my knowledge (I could be wrong), has not allowed any Safari-based web browsers into The App Store. It'll be interesting to see if Apple approves it or not.
March 23 2010 at 11:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replylooking forward to it!
March 23 2010 at 7:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe reduced data usage would be great for roaming.
March 23 2010 at 4:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou'd think AT&T would be pushing for the "less data" feature. Damn Mobile Safari clogging up the network!
March 23 2010 at 2:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs it me or it shows flash in nytimes.com?
March 23 2010 at 1:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's probably just a image placeholder as Opera Mini does the page rendering on their server, a lot nicer than a big white space with a little blue lego brick in the center.
March 25 2010 at 4:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPaste not past. Sorry.
March 23 2010 at 1:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply> Opera Mini for the iPhone
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