CNN reports that Opera’s spokesman Thomas Ford demonstrated Opera for iPhone at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, confirming that the app has reached a pretty much stable beta stage, claiming a six times faster browsing speed than Safari. The submission to the App Store is now “weeks away”, and Opera is almost ready to show their newest mobile browser in public.
Also, from the same post:
“I wouldn’t say we’re trying to back Apple into a corner,” Ford said. “We feel that we’re very much following their rules.”
If you ask me, I think the app will be approved - especially after all the Apple / Google thing. But on the opposite, are we sure that sending all the traffic through Opera’s server is an acceptable compromise to have a faster experience?
