Opera today announced that they have submitted its Opera Mini web browser for the iPhone to Apple for approval. Just under a month ago, Opera was showing a Opera Mini for iPhone beta at the Mobile World Congress, promising that the app will be 6 times faster than Apple's Safari Mobile.
Today's announcement from Opera begins the countdown of if and when Apple will approve the first non-native web browser on the iPhone OS.
Opera has also posted a video showing Opera Mini for the iPhone and comparing it to Safari:
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[...] has been 19 days since Opera announced that they submitted Opera Mini for the iPhone to Apple for approval. What ever happened to [...]