Re:Opera 11 - new and improved (Alpha)
by sandGorgon on Friday November 19, 2010 @10:03PM
(#1923697)
Opera exists on the basis of the superb mobile browsers - Opera Mobile and _especially_ Opera Mini.
(there was a previous post about this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1882753)
In India, where smartphone penetration has just started, pretty much Opera Mini is defacto here. Especially with the cheap, underpowered Chinese smartphones which come pre-installed with Opera Mini.
In fact, a significant percentage of Nokia phones out here are preinstalled with Opera Mini (or Opera Mobile). I'm pretty sure there is a per-device licensing that is making money for them.
Re:Opera 11 - new and improved (Alpha)
by famrey on Saturday November 20, 2010 @05:55PM
(#1925615)
More than 1/3 of Opera's revenue is from the desktop browser. It's simply false to claim that it exists on the basis of mobile browsers (superb or not).
In India, where smartphone penetration has just started, pretty much Opera Mini is defacto here. Especially with the cheap, underpowered Chinese smartphones which come pre-installed with Opera Mini.
In fact, a significant percentage of Nokia phones out here are preinstalled with Opera Mini (or Opera Mobile). I'm pretty sure there is a per-device licensing that is making money for them.