Opera has announced that their Opera Mini browser has been approved for the App Store, and will be on the store shortly. Opera Mini, with more than 50 million users worldwide, enables fast mobile Web browsing by compressing data by up to 90 percent before sending content to the device, resulting in significantly improved page […]
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Opera Mini Approved for App Store

Apr 13th 2010 by

Opera has announced that their Opera Mini browser has been approved for the App Store, and will be on the store shortly.

Opera Mini, with more than 50 million users worldwide, enables fast mobile Web browsing by compressing data by up to 90 percent before sending content to the device, resulting in significantly improved page loading. Users of the app will notice an uptake in speed, especially on slower networks such as the 2G Edge network. Surfing the Web with the Opera Mini App on iPhone and iPod touch will also help users save money because of its data compression capabilities. This will hold especially true while the user is incurring roaming charges.

Opera has had a count-up timer on their website ever since they submitted Opera Mini to the App Store for approval in late March. For a time, it seemed uncertain as to whether Apple would allow Opera Mini on the store seeing as it would be a direct competitor to Apple’s built-in Safari web browser.

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