Hell Freezes Over, Opera Mini Now Available in Apple's App Store

Apple has a long history of rejecting apps that replicate or compete with its own first-party apps, including the Safari browser, iPod music player, and Mail email apps. Yet, somehow, Opera's Mini app was approved for the app store yesterday--and now it's available for everyone.

Opera Mini has been around for about five years as the mobile version of Opera, a multiplatform PC browser. The desktop version is very well regarded, and some of its key features (including Speed Dial, in which the...