Saturday, February 12, 2011

Opera Browser Heading for iPad

by Charlie White

The Opera browser is on its way to the iPad. Opera Software says the iPad version will show up first at the Mobile World Congress being held next week in Barcelona.
Although the Opera Mini browser has been available for the iPhone since last April, we haven’t seen a scaled-up version for the iPad yet. Opera Software didn’t say when the iPad version of its browser will be available for download.
You might recall the Opera Mini browser from its iPhone release — it uses Opera Software’s servers to compress data up to 90% as it finds its way to mobile platforms. It’s an efficient way to save bandwidth that could translate well to the iPad.
Opera appeared to bury this announcement at the bottom of a press release, placing the iPad at the end of a long laundry list of platforms that will be receiving this new software:
“At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, new versions of the Opera Mini browser on Android, iPhone, J2ME, BlackBerry, Symbian and even the iPad will appear.”
Wondering what it’ll look like? Opera Software has already teased us with a video of its Opera for Tablets browser running on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, with Opera touting the browser’s smooth panning and zooming, and its signature grid on the home screen that looks a lot like its desktop browsers.
Here’s a short video of Opera for Tablets, not exactly the same app that we’ll see on the iPhone because Apple doesn’t allow third-party apps to interpret code on iOS devices. Aside from its data delivery, the Opera Mini Browser on the iPad will have a similar user interface:

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