Why is not Opera Mobile on iPhone
Opera to make Opera Mini for the iPhone, one of the latest innovations on display in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010. The emergence of Opera Mini directly trigger the question why not Opera Mobile which is generally more complete for the class smartphone.
“Why not develop Opera Mobile on iPhone? Because architecture
Opera Mini permit and meet the requirements of the Apple, “said Anissa Putri, a spokesman for Opera via email to Kompas.com.
To be able to enter a new browser in the iPhone is not easy. Apple has been banning the presence of a new browser other than Safari. If there is a browser other than Safari, so far only changed skin or plug it with a fixed Safari engine.
Opera must find a gap to keep the product can be used. Opera Mini finally truly present in intact as a separate application because it basically does not run the browser on the device iPhone users. However, until now the application is not uploaded to the Apple App Store.
“With Opera Mini, there is no code execution or a scripting language that runs on the client. Therefore, Opera feels that Opera Mini will meet the requirements of the Apple,” said Anissa.
He said that, if the user accessing the web page, the command will be addressed to the proxy server that will open and to transcode Web content into a compressed format and content of static. Opera claims that the process can compress the page to 90 percent and much faster than Safari.
Opera Mini for iPhone looks like a version of Opera Mini 5. Its main features include tabs, speed dial, customization, and Opera Link (to synchronize bookmarks and other data between the Opera Mini on iPhone, Opera Desktop and Web).
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