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Despite the fact that popular smartphones such as the iPhone and Android already have great web browsers, Opera’s Java ME-based mobile browser Opera Mini is constantly growing. According to Opera, on July 25th it served one billion page…
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Early in March, Opera released its Opera Mini mobile browser, version 5.0 beta, for Android phones. The app has now been polished enough to reach version 5.1 and drop the beta tag it’s been carrying for so long.The…
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Since its release last month, Opera Mini for the iPhone has been used by more than 2.6 million users and is now the third most popular Opera…
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The fact that Opera Mini was admitted to the App Store was a huge surprise, but judging from the popularity of the app, it was the right move, at least from the users’ point of view.At one point, Opera Mini was the most popular free app in all regional App Stores, as you can see [...]

In a surprise to many, Opera has announced that Apple has approved the Opera Mini mobile web browser for the iPhone and iPod touch. It will be available in the iPhone app store for free in the next 24 hours.Opera’s mobile browser has been the subject of some controversy — many people believed that [...]

Opera is playing a somewhat odd game with Apple. Their Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers are great mobile browsers, but the iPhone already has a great mobile browser – Safari.This fact alone wouldn’t be that big of a problem if Apple’s rules weren’t prohibiting other apps to duplicate the functionality of their own apps. [...]

If you’re a user of Opera Mini, chances are you’ve already switched from Opera Mini 4.2 to Opera Mini 5, beta tag be damned. The new version brought many improvements (tabs and speed dial probably being the most important) that made its predecessor look pale in comparison.Same goes for Opera Mobile 10, and since both [...]

Opera Mini 5 Beta was first introduced about 5 months ago, but owners of Android-based smartphones had to wait until now to get their hands on Opera’s nifty mobile browser.This version is nearly identical to the Opera Mini 5 Beta for other handsets; biggest improvements are speed dial, tabbed browsing, password management and better optimization [...]

A couple of days ago we wrote about Opera Mini for the iPhone, a somewhat odd step for Opera as Apple is unlikely to ever approve the app (since it duplicates Safari’s functionality). While Opera was obviously making a statement with that move, in reality they can survive without the iPhone; in fact, Opera Mini [...]

Opera Mini is a great mobile browser on most smartphones, but we didn’t really expect to see it on the iPhone. The reason for this is twofold: iPhone already sports Safari, which works really great, and second, Apple is unlikely to approve another browser, because it duplicates the functionality its app (Safari) already provides. [...]
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