labs.opera.com - 10/31/2008
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This article takes a look at one of Opera's latest and greatest projects - the creation of an Opera Mini version that will run on Google's Android open mobile development platform. Over the course of the article, we'll explain why we created it, how, challenges we faced, and how you can try it ...
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/27/2008
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bits.blogs.nytimes.com —
I have to confess, I haven’t paid much
attention to Opera Software until recently. The Norwegian company
has been an also-ran in the browser market for 13 years. On Friday, I had a chance to sit down with its co-founder and chief executive, Jon ...
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Opera Sings an Ode to Browsers Everywhere
gigaom.com - 10/30/2008
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gigaom.com —
We met with Jon S. von Tetzchner, the
CEO of Opera software, and Tatsuki Tomita, senior VP
of consumer products at Opera, yesterday and talked about the company’s mobile browser platforms, how it sizes up against the competition and where web ...
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GigaOM Interview: Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner [GigaOM]
blogs.zdnet.com - 10/31/2008
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blogs.zdnet.com —
It seems that the engineers at Opera developed
a version of Opera Mini that would run on
the iPhone (and the iPod touch), but this browser will never see light of day because Apple rejected it from the App Store.
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No Opera Mini for the iPhone
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Sorry folks, Opera Mini won't be coming to the iPhone
Betanews —
... that it duplicated the functionality of iTunes. In Almerica's blog , it says, "Apple had nothing in the terms prohibiting developers from duplicating features currently available on desktop application. I followed all the guidelines and made sure everything is in the correct place. Yet Apple denies me because I allow users to download podcasts just like iTunes." As of October 17, a version of Podcaster was being worked on for Android . A preview version of Opera Mini was released for Android in April.
Opera: Apple won't let us in the App Store
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... before that, too, was shut down.
Daring Fireball's John Gruber suggests that Apple rejected Opera because the browser included its own JavaScript interpreter, something forbidden by the iPhone SDK developer agreement.
Opera makes two flavors of its mobile web browser: Opera Mini for most mobile phones, BlackBerry, Palm, or Windows Mobile; and Opera Mobile, a more featured version for Symbian and Windows Mobile. A beta version of Opera Mini for Android is also in development.Read | Permalink ...
★ Regarding Opera Mini and the App Store
Daring Fireball —
... On the Opera Labs web site in April, Chris Mills described how they ported Opera Mini to Android. Android uses the Java programming language for development, but doesn’t use a standard Java virtual machine; instead, for Android, Google has developed ...
Opera Mini 4.2 now available for the G1 on the Android market
MobileCrunch —
... Back in April, Opera released a technical preview of Opera Mini for the Android SDK. The version of the SDK it was developed for was far from the final version, so by the time the G1 was launched in October, the Opera Mini package wouldn’t even make an attempt at installing to the device. Love it or hate it, the G1’s built-in browser has been your only web-perusing option since launch - until today, that is. ...
Opera Mini 4.2 now available for the G1 on the Android market
CrunchGear —
... Back in April, Opera released a technical preview of Opera Mini for the Android SDK. The version of the SDK it was developed for was far from the final version, so by the time the G1 was launched in October, the Opera Mini package wouldn’t even make an attempt at installing itself to the device. Love it or hate it, the G1’s built-in browser has been your only web-perusing option since launch - until today, that is. ...
Opera Mini Brings the Mobile Browser War to Android
Webmonkey —
... Opera has released an update for Opera Mini, the company’s lightweight mobile browser that will work with Google’s Android mobile operating system. Opera Mini 4.2 is the first alternative browser available for Android. ...
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Jesus Phone won't go to the Opera —
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Steve says no Apple won't let Opera release its Mini browser for the iPhone, says the Opera boss. Jon von Tetzchner made the comments to the New York Times last week.…
Google! Yahoo! looking! doubtful! —
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