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The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini
Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started to fade out of relevance once smartphones entered mainstream use. Opera
Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. I remember using Opera Mini on my iPhone 3G at one point—it was one of the first third-party browsers allowed on Apple's App Store, because it wasn't actually running code on the phone. Many old web browsers had excellent RSS integration and built-in readers, like Safari and Internet Explorer, and I'd love to see that functionality make a comeback.
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