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I tried Opera on the iPhone last night...seriously disappointing. I used to love Opera on my little Blackberry Pearl, but it's soooo slow on the iPhone. Interface is odd also.

I had the same experience with their Android version. Tried it, but I don't see a reason to use it over the default browser (and yeah, the interface is a little odd).

It's perfect if you find yourself having to access an heavy site on a low bandwidth (or just spotty) connection. Using it on WiFi is pretty pointless.

People would only switch to Opera Mini if that particular app's feature set (a method of low bandwith browsing) appealed to them. People would only be able to switch to Opera Mobile, an actual browser, if Apple allowed people to write apps using the basic technology elements that underlie browsers, but they don't.

It was the #1 iPhone app in numerous catgories shortly after it was released, probably where that statement is coming from.

I downloaded it because I was curious. I haven't opened it since.

I did