the good thing about apple is it is similar to a well-tuned, professionally built sportscar - all things properly balanced with each other..
- the problem is that Apple have not expanded their portfolio to the extent that most PC software has… the capability is there, but…
- this is what the ads seem to say..

As for the PC, the problem with the hardware is that it exists in 1000’s of different forms, a patchwork of all kinds of interfaces to many media types, kinds of motherboards and CPUs, it is a wonder that it can all be got working together!! - I am sure apple will have ‘fun’ trying to get its software working where *none* of its strict standards apply…

-it gets even worse with ’smartphones’ , where most is a closely guarded secret, until some aggreement is reached..

I don’t think comparing a phone and a piece of software makes too much sense….

It’s exactly what Apple vs PC ads do: Hardware (Mac) vs Software (Windows). But I guess it’s right when Apple does it, huh?.

of course peeps will buy it… just like all the other stuff that just ‘does not seem to exist anymore’ …

When ‘iPhone 2′ comes out, I bet it will have all 3 browsers loaded onto it, just like most PCs now…

Opera definitely needs to react to the release of the iPhone though and in a strong way. If alot of people adopt the iPhone then they will be using Safari and that means fewer new adopters to Opera mini and loss of users, since iPhone is a closed platform.

If I was Opera, I would count less on revenue coming from mini and more on other devices like the Wii that use the Opera engine.

Nothing Opera does will dissuade people from getting an iPhone.

The Opera Mini is just a poor copy of the iPhone browser (the full page view/zoom). No ads will help.

If by poor you do mean doesn’t cost 500 bucks and it’s not locked, yeah, you are right.

BTW, you know that the iPhone browser is not the first to implement this feature, right?…oh, wait, you are an Apple fan, nevermind; keep enjoying yourself.

I didn’t usually agree with the Get a Mac ads, but they were funny also.

Facts:
- I use Opera mini every day and it is great
- if the browser in the iPhone is really the whole Safari engine than it IS a real desktop browser which enables iPhone to use every plugins there is for Safari and to render every page the same way it does in the desktop
- Opera mini (despite being able to render almost everypage in a way or other) is not a full browser: no flash, no AJAX, etc.
- Opera mini runs in any J2ME phone
- Safari runs only on the iPhone

I don’t think we should even compare Opera mini to Safari. It is just not comparable

This kind of official response (the video is hosted at the same page that presents Opera mini beta) uncovers some … jealousy(?) on Opera’s part. And I don’t know why… Right now Opera mini’s already has a bigger market share than Safari (and Firefox?) and since it is the best alternative for non-iPhone phones I don’t think Opera should feel threaten for now…

It is not like in two weeks the whole mobile market will turn to a 500+Eur mobile phone.

Perhaps the OM vs Webkit tests should be done on an iPhone for more impact…although with the phone limited to g2 speeds it won’t work so well for OM

Priceless. Instant classic.