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Apple Approves Opera Mini For iPhone

Posted by kdawson on from the game-is-afoot dept.

andylim writes "Opera today announced its popular mobile browser, Opera Mini, has been approved for iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store. Opera Mini will be available in less than 24 hours, market by market, as a free download. Here's the download URL for when it goes live."

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  1. Kudos to Opera by dingen · · Score: 0, Troll

    For creating such a buzz around their browser. They've accused Apple for not allowing their browser on Apple's platform, but in reality they've never submitted an app for review until now. And it seems it hass passed without any hassle and is now available for everyone, so there's really nothing going on at all. But nonetheless everybody is writing about it like it's a freaking miracle, which is of course great for Opera.

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    1. Re:Kudos to Opera by dingen · · Score: 0, Troll

      If would be nice if you actually provided some kind of source for this statement. As far as I know, Opera has never actually submitted something to Apple before this.

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    2. Re:Kudos to Opera by dingen · · Score: 0, Troll

      So now I have to prove they didn't do something? Right...

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    3. Re:Kudos to Opera by dingen · · Score: 0, Troll

      But both Opera and Mozilla have (until now) never ever submitted an app for review to Apple.

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  2. Victory for the Free Market by gauharjk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Finally, the tyranny of the Apple App Store has been beaten. More power to the Free Markets... :)

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  3. What is this? by Slash.Poop · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought I had ads disabled.

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  4. Pardon my cynicism by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    But for how long? I mean, it's not like they can't just pull it anytime they want later, once some of the PR that Opera stirred up has settled down.

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  5. Fast rendering not faster on download by DaitanGio · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am trying it right now.
    It is fast on rendering, but you must wait to see the entire page.
    So the overall speed is comparable to Safari.
    It is possible to save login/password pairs: so it is a plus

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  6. Re:Soon you will know more by dingen · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is what I'm talking about. Opera's CEO says Apple won't approve it, based on his assumptions or who knows what. But have they actually submitted it to Apple to see what would happen? I don't think so.

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  7. Re:wtf by dc29A · · Score: 0, Troll

    I read about the the technology behind it, but I don't see why Opera made all this hoopla about a crippled browser other than trying to pick a fight with Apple and look like the victim. Poor little Opera being bullied by big bad Apple! IMO, it was nothing but a failed PR stunt. As a user I see no reason to use Opera Mini over Safari Mobile on iPhone. None.

  8. Re:wtf by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a user I see no reason to use Opera Mini over Safari Mobile on iPhone. None.

    You're just a single user, and a clueless troll at that. Your opinion is therefore irrelevant.

    Many other users on many other platforms are using Opera Mini - on more powerful platforms, typically to supplement the primary browser rather than replace it. There's no reason why it should be any different on iPhone.

    And the reason why Opera "made all this hoopla" is precisely because all others do that whenever Apple comes up with more inane reasons to block another app from the store - because it's just an evil thing to do.