Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Despite Opera engineering a version of Opera Mini that
works just fine on the iPhone, Apple has apparently decided not to
allow iPhone users to browse with anything other than Safari.
Now that has a distinct smell of Microsoft about it, does it not?
Of course, it is not the first time that Apple has blocked an
application because it competes with proprietary software. An app
called Podcaster was blocked, according to Apple, because it
"duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes."
So much for the App Store inclusion rules that state porn and malicious
applications are not allowed, while thousand dollar rip-offs are (albeit only until a media outcry changed its mind) - but there is no mention of 'dupes' as this kind
of software is now being called.
As the Podcaster app developer says "I find this a bit strange
considering there are numerous apps that duplicate the functionality of
other apps. For example, any calculator app is duplicating the
functionality of Apples calculator app... Any app that let's you listen
to music is duplicating the iPod portion of the iPhone."
So where does this leave Opera? Well, as much as it would have liked to
have found a way onto the iPhone I cannot see this making too much of a
dent in the business plan. It is already moving into the world of web
browsers on TV, for example.
And von Tetzchner reckons the next big thing for Opera will be browsers
in your car, linked to WiFi enabled GPS navigation systems. The fat
lady has not started singing for Opera, that much is certain.
David Bass
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