Over one million Opera Mini downloads already
4/16/2010 12:50:00 AM
kenmouse
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Apple approving Opera Mini for iPhone was perhaps the most surprising event of the week, and it comes as little surprise that owners of the smartphone have been downloading it in their droves. After leaping to the number one download spot in the 22 featured Apple Stores on the company’s site, Opera have just announced that the browser was downloaded more than one million times in its first day of availability in each market.
In fact, Opera reckon the browser has been downloaded to 1,024,380 Apple devices – likely including not only the iPhone but the iPod touch and iPad too – though of course there’s no way of telling how many people continue to use it in preference to the native Safari browser. A brief scan through the App Store reviews suggests that, while people appreciate the extra turn of speed Opera Mini delivers – thanks to the company’s intermediary servers – there are ongoing issues with how some sites actually render.
Still, we’ll always err on the side of having more options than having fewer, and we’re hoping that Opera are busy working on not only refining their iPhone app but developing a native iPad version that takes advantage of the bigger device’s 9.7-inch display. Opera Mini is a free download from the App Store.
In fact, Opera reckon the browser has been downloaded to 1,024,380 Apple devices – likely including not only the iPhone but the iPod touch and iPad too – though of course there’s no way of telling how many people continue to use it in preference to the native Safari browser. A brief scan through the App Store reviews suggests that, while people appreciate the extra turn of speed Opera Mini delivers – thanks to the company’s intermediary servers – there are ongoing issues with how some sites actually render.
Still, we’ll always err on the side of having more options than having fewer, and we’re hoping that Opera are busy working on not only refining their iPhone app but developing a native iPad version that takes advantage of the bigger device’s 9.7-inch display. Opera Mini is a free download from the App Store.
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