'Fast like a rocket' browser hits iPhone app store

Gordon Peters
Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:43

IT Industry - Market

Opera Mini for iPhone has just been officially submitted to the Apple iPhone App store, just two months after a select few first saw it at Mobile World Congress 2010. Now, the browser described by some as 'fast like a rocket', is taking its first big step towards giving users a new way to browse on the iPhone.

And, according to Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder, Opera Software, 'Opera has put every effort into creating a customized, stylized, feature-rich and highly responsive browser that masterfully combines iPhone capabilities with Opera's renowned Web experience, and the result is a high performing browser for the iPhone.'

von Tetzchner said early reviews of Opera Mini for iPhone 'praised the sheer browsing speed, powering through Web pages up to six times faster than Safari,' and he adds, 'due to server-side rendering, Opera Mini compresses data by up to 90 percent before sending it to the phone, resulting in rapid page loading and more Web per MB for the end user. Those familiar with iPhone roaming charges will relish Opera Mini's ability to deliver more for less, giving users the Web they want quickly, without, the high costs.'

Opera says its browser is now the world's most popular mobile Web browser, and its speed, usability and navigation-friendly design have 'catapulted this browser onto more than 50 million mobile phones worldwide.'