Skyfire Follows Opera Mini, Seeks Apple Approval For Browser
In a Tuesday blog post, Skyfire CEO Jeff Glueck congratulated Apple and said that Opera Mini's inclusion in the App Store means that "competition in the mobile browser space took a big step forward."
"Skyfire believes this approval is a solid first step and there's still major consumer demand for great rich media and video browsing in these devices," Glueck wrote. "Our philosophy is that enhanced speed AND all the rich media of the web can be together in one browser."
Glueck said that Skyfire had watched Opera's submission for Apple approval closely and that the inclusion of Opera Mini in the App Store would "accelerate our strategy on iDevices."
Opera's Opera Mini browser became available as a free download for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad on Monday evening, surprising skeptics who thought it would have a harder time getting the nod thanks to Apple's tightfisted app approval process.
Opera Mini was thought to be especially contentious, seeing as it's a mobile browser not based on the underlying technology for Apple's native Safari, and thus a competitor to Apple.