Upfront disclaimer: I am a declared Opera fanboi.

It's amazing news that Opera Mini, software that somewhat replicates the functionality of Apple's Mobile Safari, made it to the iPhone Appstore.

Do you know why it's amazing?

It's not because Opera is flat out better than Safari. It's just different. It's faster, yeah. You have Opera Link, yeah. All the links from all the other apps open Safari so you still get to use Safari more. Plus, Safari still feels smoother with scrolling and such. Opera still has a long way to go.

The big thing, my beloved, is that the little guy stuck it to the big guy again. Opera got past the zealous approval process. With a mobile browser!

They showed us it can be done!

Now, back to work!