I know about a lot of people who would appreciate not only the money saved with Opera Mini’s compression, but also the faster browsing because they don’t always have a perfect connection.

Opera Mini basically has the same features as Opera Mobile, and anyone who chooses Opera Mini over Safari will obviously do so because Opera Mini offers things Safari doesn’t. Such as up to 90% compression.

opera mini compromises? fails at any advanced webpage – like banks, plane bookings or hotel reservations. you can forget about any JS-heavy pages, and you can surely forget about any ‘desktop-like-feel’. opera mini constantly reminds you, that you are using inferior device (like most feature phones are), and that is a complete no-go when used on smartphone with 1ghz cpu..

opera mini gets poor reviews, because it offers nothing over classic ‘browser’ on android, yet it demands that you accept some bad things. things, that ‘browser’ shows that arent neccessary to accept. and thats why most people couldnt care less about it, when it comes to smartphones ofc. it is still a great entry-level product.

btw – all fine and dandy with opera mini compression – iphone costs A LOT, all iphones are sold with dataplans, if you are wealthy enough to buy it second hand without one, you will not care about compression because you can afford it. if you cant afford it, they you shouldnt have bought iphone in the first place.

opera should’ve presented opera mobile for iphone – that makes much more sense, and in some cases people might even choose it based on its features and quality. anyone ditching safari for opera mini will do it against common sense, just to show how operaboy he is.

Opera Mini seems to be faster even on 3G, but it really shines when the connection is a bit slow. Which happens a lot unless you are the big cities.

Opera Mini for Android is just version 4. It gets poor reviews because it doesn’t work well with touchscreens. Opera Mini 5 is great with touchscreens, and definitely not a toy browser.

Opera Mini and Opera Mobile are nearly identical these days. Opera Mini just compresses stuff a lot before it gets sent to the phone.

So advanced web browser won’t run on iphone.

I’d be much more excited if Fennec (Firefox Mobile) were being ported to the iPhone.

bringing on old and fixed iphone problems (copy/paste) shows that list of safari compromises is really short. so short, that it allows me everything what my desktop FF allows.

btw. do you own and use iphone? if yes, why no JB yet?

yes, there is no flash, and who cares? ads arent there, farmvile is dumb and you arent watching rich gfx presentations on mobile anyway. yes, flash should be there, but in reality, its absence isnt a problem. until bigger devices (no flash on ipathetic IS a problem)

trying to log into your bank with opera mini IS a problem, because for my banks it is simply impossible. this is compromise im not going to take.

and fortunatelly, i, as most other iphone owners have unlimited data plan and 3g connection, so that 90% compression means little in real life. not having full and working javascript on the other hand..

opera mini is a toy browser compared to any of smartphone browsers. it got like 2.5/5 reviews on android market, and for a reason – aside from compression, it doesnt belong to android platform. basic ‘browser’ from adroid does oh so much more and renders EVERYTHING. opera mini’ place is in feature phones, and it is great there.

on smartphones, sorry, safari from iphone has better real-web-compatiblity than desktop opera, and this is the level users are expecting. noone will care if apple say ‘no opera mini, ever’, because there is nothing to miss. opera mobile OTOH..

NO to opera mini, YES to opera mobile.