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When do you think Opera Mini will be available on the iPhone?

March 23, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

When do you think Apple will approve Opera Mini 5

Great news, everybody! Opera Mini for iPhone was officially submitted to the Apple iPhone App store today. A select few first saw it at Mobile World Congress 2010 in February. Now, the “fast like a rocket” browser is taking its first big step towards giving users a new way to browse on the iPhone.

The Final Countup

To celebrate, we've created a countup contest where one lucky winner might walk away with a brand-new iPhone 3GS! All you have to do is correctly estimate when you think Opera Mini will be approved by Apple. You have two attempts to get date and time right. You can either submit a guess and update time or wait out your current guess to submit a new one. The tactic is up to you. :smile:

Rules

  • You have to be a My Opera member to participate in this contest.
  • The participant with the closest guess when Apple approves Opera Mini wins an iPhone 3GS.
Enter the contest!

Readers' comments 50

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  • Hans BendiksenTuesday, March 23, 2010 12:38:47 PM

    Great!!!:yes:

  • NicoTuesday, March 23, 2010 12:47:48 PM

    Cool idea :smile:

    By the way: Are there any updates regarding Opera for Android (both Mini and Mobile). When can we expect a final of Opera Mini?

  • Aleksander AasTuesday, March 23, 2010 12:59:59 PM

    Originally posted by HellbillyDeluxe:

    By the way: Are there any updates regarding Opera for Android (both Mini and Mobile). When can we expect a final of Opera Mini?


    No news yet, seems like we need to stick to the Android Mini beta for now :smile:

  • Charles SchlossTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:09:00 PM

    http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Woot.gif -

  • Mağruf ÇolakoğluTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:10:20 PM

    http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Applause.gif -

  • AlexisTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:14:07 PM

    Geeee!!! :rolleyes:

  • YOKEYTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:22:13 PM

    :sherlock: love Opera

  • Martin MyrsethTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:28:23 PM

    \o/ I could really use an iPhone.

  • netwolfTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:36:18 PM

    Looking forward to it :smile:
    One question: will it be free, or will it cost?

  • Andylee SatoTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:40:56 PM

    where do I place my guess?

  • Espen André ØverdahlTuesday, March 23, 2010 1:54:53 PM

    Originally posted by michaelpuermayr:

    where do I place my guess?

    On this page. Scroll down and log in to place your guess.

  • Espen André ØverdahlTuesday, March 23, 2010 2:15:58 PM

    Originally posted by netwolf:

    One question: will it be free, or will it cost?

    Yes, Opera Mini will be a free download.

  • waceqTuesday, March 23, 2010 2:16:26 PM

    I think that question is: will they ever approve :sherlock:

  • netwolfTuesday, March 23, 2010 2:20:21 PM

    Originally posted by Espen André Øverdahl:

    Yes, Opera Mini will be a free download.


    Great, thank you for confirming my expectation :smile:

  • MeanEYETuesday, March 23, 2010 2:28:16 PM

    Too bad you can't specify "NEVER"... They will say Opera is duplicating iPhone's built-in features :smile: hahah... Apple...

  • TamilTuesday, March 23, 2010 2:49:32 PM

    :cool:

  • LukášTuesday, March 23, 2010 2:51:39 PM

    i hope that i will be the lucky one :smile:

  • Daniel HendrycksTuesday, March 23, 2010 2:51:54 PM

    :yes:

  • F BTuesday, March 23, 2010 3:01:48 PM

    Originally posted by meaneye-rcf:

    Too bad you can't specify "NEVER"... They will say Opera is duplicating iPhone's built-in features :smile:


    Same opinion...

  • Ryan AlfinoTuesday, March 23, 2010 4:15:07 PM

    Like this :yes:

  • ashley dentonTuesday, March 23, 2010 4:16:10 PM

    1day exactly from time of submission

  • DreTuesday, March 23, 2010 4:44:49 PM

    How do u enter the time?

  • Daniel HendrycksTuesday, March 23, 2010 4:54:01 PM

    Originally posted by Dre:

    How do u enter the time?


    http://my.opera.com/community/countup/

    Look on the left.

  • DreTuesday, March 23, 2010 4:56:40 PM

    Thanks but that's not what I meant. No matter how I type my guess it says invalid time.

  • Joseph C. EllettTuesday, March 23, 2010 5:05:56 PM

    As my guess indicates, I think it will be a very cold day indeed when Mr. Jobs approves a non-Apple browser on any of his tightly controlled products, no matter how superior that non-Apple browser may be. How about a contest for a Nexus One or wePad based on the time Apple rejects Opera's submission?

  • techlawsamTuesday, March 23, 2010 5:18:28 PM

    :up: :up:

  • Daniel HendrycksTuesday, March 23, 2010 5:44:41 PM

    Originally posted by Dre:

    Thanks but that's not what I meant. No matter how I type my guess it says invalid time.


    When you selected a date, did you select the hour (make sure that the time has not already happened)?

  • john tamTuesday, March 23, 2010 5:46:39 PM

    Would love it, but this will never happen. Now where's my free iphone?

  • Cutting SpoonTuesday, March 23, 2010 5:56:51 PM

    Let's roll 'em up, daddy needs himself a new phone!

  • VarunTuesday, March 23, 2010 6:24:19 PM

    Q:When?
    A:European Commission (Again Please)

  • Shaun RiceTuesday, March 23, 2010 6:36:10 PM

    I wonder if Apple is considering the backlash they'll undoubtedly get if they don't approve Opera Mini.

  • d4rkn1ghtTuesday, March 23, 2010 6:52:15 PM

    :yes:

  • IoTuesday, March 23, 2010 6:58:04 PM

    "NEVER".... think so

  • digitalinksmudgeTuesday, March 23, 2010 6:59:49 PM

    Q: Is there any end-to-end security between my handset and — for example — paypal.com or my bank?

    A: No. If you need full end-to-end encryption, you should use a full Web browser such as Opera Mobile.

    Opera Mini uses a transcoder server to translate HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a more compact format. It will also shrink any images to fit the screen of your handset. This translation step makes Opera Mini fast, small, and also very cheap to use. To be able to do this translation, the Opera Mini server needs to have access to the unencrypted version of the Web page. Therefore no end-to-end encryption between the client and the remote Web server is possible.

    I think I'll pass unless Mini is secure as Safari on iPhone. :no:


    Cheers!

  • Cutting SpoonTuesday, March 23, 2010 7:05:25 PM

    AT&T was so impressed with Mini, they commissioned their own version called ATT.NET; AT&T wants Apple to make this option available.

  • Cutting SpoonTuesday, March 23, 2010 7:10:14 PM

    Originally posted by digitalinksmudge:

    I think I'll pass unless Mini is secure as Safari on iPhone.


    Actually Mini seems nearly invulnerable. The client speaks with the server over an encrypted link. The server logs into your bank over HTTPS, renders what it sees, and passes it on to you.

    Full end-to-end security is more often required by companies and government agencies, because NO third party is EVER allowed access to the data being passed along.

  • Hilton's BoyfriendTuesday, March 23, 2010 7:25:18 PM

    Opera mini for iPhone? Wow sounds great. :up: and please guys do something about the new Opera mini 5 (sorry if I'm offtopic) but since is about Opera mini, I guess I'm not.
    And about the contest, hmmm great one! :up: as always guys :yes:
    ps : posted using opera mini 3 :sad:

  • AdrianPMTuesday, March 23, 2010 7:35:09 PM

    Nice. :bigsmile:

  • digitalinksmudgeTuesday, March 23, 2010 7:47:12 PM

    Originally posted by Cutting Spoon:

    Actually Mini seems nearly invulnerable.



    It may be, but Opera needs to clear it up, as there's no need for confusion and guessing what Opera may or may not be doing with security and compression. Check out other tech blogs, people are jumping all over this belief of Opera's server compression is not secure. Who wants to give Opera bank account information, passwords, and other private data that is used and sits on their servers? NOT ME! I believe we were discussing this on Haavard's Apple/Opera cooperation blog and I fully agree with your comment:

    Originally posted by Cutting Spoon:

    ...about taking action to prevent Opera's products from having the same "big brother" reputation as Google's products. Opera's privacy policy is very good. Opera's personal security policy is very good. Opera's MAMA and State of the Mobile Web demonstrate that the company gathers aggregate statistics for page-hits. Same as Google, Opera could use that information to provide more relevant ads while users are browsing. I do not see this as an especially harmful feature.



    Server side compression is nothing new to Browsers in Apple's App store.
    There is a free Browser App called "Fast Web Free" that also shrinks and reformats pages before sending to iPhone.

    Opera should be able to get in Apple's App Store and they shouldn't charge for Mini, or their market share on iPhone will be mini.


    Cheers!

  • Jamie ArringtonTuesday, March 23, 2010 8:23:04 PM

    Thank you Opera for making the app and submitting it!!! I am really looking forward to having a real browser on the iphone!! I love you guys!!!

    Does this make me a fan boy? :headbang:

  • Johan SlabbertTuesday, March 23, 2010 8:40:45 PM

    DATE FORMAT:

    2010-03-23T20:14Z

  • DreTuesday, March 23, 2010 8:57:52 PM

    Wow, this is just proof that the Safari browser on the iphone sucks! The reason I couldn't put in my guess is because the calendar and time area didn't even show up on my iphone's browser. All I would see on the page is a simple text entry box to type in my guess.

    Let's hope Opera actually makes it so we can finally have a real browser!

  • the retry4Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:10:33 PM

    I can't fill in the fourm! Please help! ( On the left there's nothing).

    -retry4

  • HueijrevisitedTuesday, March 23, 2010 10:13:15 PM

    Since "never" is not an option I'll have to go with April 1st.

  • walterTuesday, March 23, 2010 10:15:07 PM

    :pirate:

  • eyaK naI retlaWWednesday, March 24, 2010 2:21:50 AM

    That entry page does not work in Opera Mini. How to use it??

  • Nawapol WongwatthanakarnWednesday, March 24, 2010 3:36:30 AM

    # 23. March 2010, 13:24

  • Jorge EduardoWednesday, March 24, 2010 6:22:31 AM

    Touché!! Great job :smile:

  • Amul AggarwalWednesday, March 24, 2010 7:09:57 AM

    whts the format of entering the date and time

  • Bogdan CiuhuWednesday, March 24, 2010 7:58:17 AM

    just little before i win the iphone

About this article

Published inChoose Opera
DateMarch 23, 2010
AuthorEspen André Øverdahl
Tagscountup, iphone, opera mini 5
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