Safari is a decent mobile browser, but I don’t think anyone would claim it is perfect. Opera certainly don’t think so, which is why they have been working on a port of Opera Mini for the iPhone. Well, that and trying to stake a claim for browser mindshare on a hot new platform, obviously.
Not so fast, though. Apple has decided that it cannot countenance any competition for its precious mobile web experience and banned Opera Mini from being sold via the App Store - by extension from being legitimately distributed on non-Jailbroken iPhones.
It’s not exactly a surprise - if Apple won’t allow a different email client then a new web browser was always going to be a no-go.
It is disappointing, though - and one more reason to get a G1, in my book.
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