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By: Opera Mini on the iPhone? Good Luck (and I Mean That Sincerely)

Opera Mini on the iPhone? Good Luck (and I Mean That Sincerely) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:31:06 +0000

[...] all: News Norwegian browser company Opera, which has been talking about an iPhone version since 2008, is no longer just talking. It says that it will demonstrate an iPhone edition of its Opera Mini [...]

By: sigher

sigher — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:17:07 +0000

James Katt wrote: “Opera CLEARLY breaks Apple’s rules. It runs code.”

Nope. With Opera Mini, everything is done on the server. The thin client you have on your phone basically shows a “picture” of what the server did.

Faustin wrote: “As far as I can tell the iPhone is the #2 most selling handset ever”

Nope.

Apple fanboys. Sigh. The thing with fanboys is that they don’t use their brains.

By: sigher

sigher — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:15:04 +0000

James Katt: “Opera CLEARLY breaks Apple’s rules. It runs code.”

Nope. With Opera Mini, everything is done on the server. The thin client you have on your phone basically shows a “picture” of what the server did.

Faustin: “As far as I can tell the iPhone is the #2 most selling handset ever”

Nope.

By: Faustin

Faustin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:53:16 +0000

sigher said “Oh, and Opera is preinstalled on several phones that sell much better than the iPhone, so… Never mind. Facts don’t bite when it comes to Apple fanboys.”

Name these phones that are selling better than the iPhone. As far as I can tell the iPhone is the #2 most selling handset ever and quickly dominated the mobile browsing market, even when there was an edge only version. Apple may not sell as many phones as nokia, but their one model sells more than any of nokia’s models. Look I am a mactard and am open minded. Your point about Opera being a thin-client was well received. I wish you too could be open minded to facts; Apple fanboys actually have brains and do use them.

By: Herod

Herod — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:07:53 +0000

Luckily – this is against EU’s anti-monopoly law and Apple will face a long and costly legal battle, which they will inevitably lose. At least in Europe. By the way, can any of you imagine Bill Gates saying “Look, you can’t install Opera on WindowsXP because it competes with my Internet Exlorer”? :D :D :D ROTFL!

By: Randall

Randall — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:25:11 +0000

I wrote this up a few weeks ago on Obsessable, but basically Apple is setting itself up for failure again. Mac vs Windows is the same thing as iPhone vs Android.

Openness wins.

By: James Katt

James Katt — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:03:36 +0000

The average iPhone user is much smarter than the user of other phones.
And you have to be wealthy enough to afford one.

Apple clearly states the limitations on what it will allow on the App Store.
If you want more than what Apple allows, you will simply have to jailbreak your iPhone so you can install other software.

Opera CLEARLY breaks Apple’s rules. It runs code. This is an absolute disqualification. Duh to the developers of Opera.

Good riddance.

And by the way, Flash also runs code. It, obviously, also will not be allowed on the iPhone.

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:10:16 +0000

Faustin has is down correctly “I think apple has enough to do keeping mobile safari secure.”. This is the whole point of a “walled garden”, you get to secure a platform. It is hard to have your cake and eat it to. You will get the chance to get a gPhone if you think the iPhone limits you choices too much. There are a lot of things Apple is doing or not doing that seem off or strange. At this point I am willing to think that Apple has GOOD reasons. The lack of things like voice dialing and copy paste could not hold some diabolical purpose for Apple; yet they are not present and are much more important than another browser. In some things choice is over rated.

By: AC

AC — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:10:36 +0000

iPhone users aren’t smart enough to understand the value of Opera anyway…