Earlier this month we wrote about the Opera web browser being available on Android and how we were impressed with it performance. Now they have gone one better and have submitted it to Apple’s board of censors for iphone app status. The question is whether it will be approved or blocked on the basis that it directly competes with Apple’s own products and services. Opera claim that more than 50 million people worldwide use its range of mobile browsers.
Meanwhile the Palm Pre appears to be at a cross roads with rumours that they may ditch their highly acclaimed Web OS operating system and move to adopt Android. The fuel for the rumours lies in Palm’s inability to penetrate the market and deliver on their hype of twelve months ago. Some would say they should have opened WebOS up as Google did with Andriod and this route if it materialises would make sense but leaves them somewhat out in the cold.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Android: A Night at the Opera
We have seen Microsoft releasing apps on Android and now web browser Opera has launched a free beta version of its Mini 5 software on the Google Android operating system. The browsers may not be the most popular on the PC but it clearly sees an opportunity on the mobile.
So we downloaded it and installed it and then tested it against the normal Android browser and it was clearly faster. This is its plus point as it compresses web pages making them faster to load and lighter on bandwidth. If you have an Android phone would recommend it.
Opera also offers the Opera Mobile browser which works on Symbian and Windows Mobile phones.
It starts to raise several interesting app issues. First there is ‘Fortress Apple’ which prohibits what it does like, censors anything it deems unsuitable and offers end to end control. Opera has apparently demonstrated a version of Opera on the iPhone, but Apple only allows their own browser on its handset. Secondly we have the question of whether ‘Fortress Apple’ is going to prove it’s Achilles Heel. Remember those betamax versus VHS battles? The winner was decided by the guys who provided the first camera as this was an instant hit with the pornographic industry. On Android you are not censored by it a Browser, a tool from Microsoft or some adult material. Maybe this may prove a decider over time.
So we downloaded it and installed it and then tested it against the normal Android browser and it was clearly faster. This is its plus point as it compresses web pages making them faster to load and lighter on bandwidth. If you have an Android phone would recommend it.
Opera also offers the Opera Mobile browser which works on Symbian and Windows Mobile phones.
It starts to raise several interesting app issues. First there is ‘Fortress Apple’ which prohibits what it does like, censors anything it deems unsuitable and offers end to end control. Opera has apparently demonstrated a version of Opera on the iPhone, but Apple only allows their own browser on its handset. Secondly we have the question of whether ‘Fortress Apple’ is going to prove it’s Achilles Heel. Remember those betamax versus VHS battles? The winner was decided by the guys who provided the first camera as this was an instant hit with the pornographic industry. On Android you are not censored by it a Browser, a tool from Microsoft or some adult material. Maybe this may prove a decider over time.
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