Opera Mini, the fast-ish browser previously available for the iPhone, has finally made its way to the iPad. The speed dial, ‘tabbed browsing’ and trademark zippiness of Opera Mini is all there.
In its latest press release about how well everything’s going and how popular it is, Opera has revealed plans for an iPad version of its popular Opera Mini browser.
The updated 5.1 version of Opera Mini launched on the Android Market overnight, promising to focus on speed and usability – bringing more of a “PC-like” browsing experience to Android. If that’s what you really want.
In just 16 days, it’s soared up the charts with over a million downloads on the first day of availability. Now, the iPhone version is the third most popular for Opera Mini downloads worldwide, and number one in the US.
Norwegian browser makers Opera Software have submitted Opera Mini to Apple’s App Store. And because Apple hasn’t let any third-party browsers on iPhone, Opera is calling them out with a timer to measure how long approval takes. Waiting’s fun! [via @SuGeneris]
The latest beta version of Opera Mini for Androids is now out as of today, with a new interface and multi-tabs support thrown in. It’s not entirely dissimilar to Opera Mobile 10 on Symbian and WinMo, though.
Two years after Opera first attempted to get their browser on the iPhone, and it’s here. Sort of. Wired UK has seen it, gushed over it, and proclaimed it as being fast, yet missing that all-important pinch-to-zoom.
Opera claimed to have an iPhone app ready back in 2008, held up only by Apple’s pain-in-the-arse approval process. Curious, then, that they’re just now showing it off at Mobile World Congress, alongside early builds of Opera Mobile for Android.