Comments on: Opera Mini Launching in App World this Quarter

By: keprek

keprek — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:31:41 +0000

@Jeffrey Riel

“If you do a simple search for “browser” on the App Store, you’ll see that there are actually 15+ non-Apple web browsers that you can download”

Actually, they are not browsers. They are just alternative user interfaces for the existing browser (engine) on the phone.

So no, there are no other browsers on the iPhone, just different UIs for Safari.

By: keprek

keprek — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:31:00 +0000

@Jeffrey Riel

“If you do a simple search for “browser” on the App Store, you’ll see that there are actually 15+ non-Apple web browsers that you can download”

Actually, they are not browsers. They are just alternative user interfaces for the existing browser (engine) on the phone.

So no, there are no other browsers on the iPhone, just different UIs for Safari.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:13:48 +0000

Hopefully it will mean that we can change the default browser to Opera when it is available in the app store. I have Opera installed and I’d much rather use it, but I can’t change the default browser.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:13:00 +0000

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:13:00 +0000

By: BlackBerry Cool Roundup for the Week of February 1st | BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Cool Roundup for the Week of February 1st | BlackBerry Cool — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:00:44 +0000

[...] Bravo and foursquare Team Up for Interactive Reality TV VZ Navigator Updated to Version 5.0 Opera Mini Launching in App World this Quarter Didiom Pro Streams Audio from your PC to BlackBerry BlackBerry App for the Visually Impaired Comes [...]

By: Jeffrey Riel

Jeffrey Riel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:28:08 +0000

While I agree with the sentiment you are attempting to express, I do want to point out one discrepancy: Apple DOES allow third-party apps into the App Store that compete with their first-party apps like their Safari browser. If you do a simple search for “browser” on the App Store, you’ll see that there are actually 15+ non-Apple web browsers that you can download – some paid and some free… However, none of them are from Opera.

By: Jeffrey Riel

Jeffrey Riel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:28:00 +0000

By: Jeffrey Riel

Jeffrey Riel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:28:00 +0000

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:55 +0000

So far as I can tell Opera Mini is a ton better than the installed browser. I’ve been using Mini 5 Beta on my 8330 that is running OS 5.0. I can say right now that with a keyboard blackberry it is a night and day difference between Opera and RIM’s browser. It has the RIM browser beat to hell and back in terms of speed and that is with my rather limited hardware. I look forward to the day when I can try it out when I upgrade to a 9700.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:00 +0000

By: BlackBerry Buzz: VZ Navigator Updated; Opera Mini Coming – jkOnTheRun

BlackBerry Buzz: VZ Navigator Updated; Opera Mini Coming – jkOnTheRun — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:57:25 +0000

[...] Opera Mini is coming to the App World this quarter. Opera Mini is the version of the mobile browser that is designed for optimal use on non-touch screen phones. The inclusion of Opera in the App World demonstrates the benefits of Rsearch In Motion and its openness for allowing competing technology into the store. [...]

By: Caspan

Caspan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:28:57 +0000

I am curious to know if Opera fixed the keyboard API. When I tested the beta they had out and I pressed and held a key to capitalize it it just repeated it. It was like they wrote their own keyboard handler instead of using the native API available to them. It was a bad idea because I removed it just for that simple fact. We all know how the BlackBerry works so don’t change it please

By: Caspan

Caspan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:28:00 +0000