>in areas with poor data (Edge connection or even GPRS) this would be a life-saver. I have had Opera Mini installed on my iPhone since it was released for exac

>in areas with poor data (Edge connection or even GPRS) this would be a life-saver. I have had Opera Mini installed on my iPhone since it was released for exactly this reason—it performs noticeably better than Safari when at the very fringes of data service coverage. It's not really a situation I'm in terribly often, but it has saved the day a handful of times.