The world according to Opera Mini (scoop)
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Opera Mini is uniquely suited for cross-platform analysis because it's one of the few browsers that exists across all major platforms, and the only cross-platform browser with such a large number of users. By a point of comparison, the 131 million worldwide users of Opera Mini stands in stark contrast to the 55 million people worldwide who use the desktop version of Opera, and is about 28 percent of Mozilla Firefox 's unique user base of more than 450 million people.
As strong as these aggregate numbers are, they also don't provide a glimpse into the Balkanization trend that affects the plethora of mobile systems far more than desktops. Opera did not reveal how many of its Mini users were on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, or feature phones, and those numbers could give a clearer picture of how mobile browser use is developing. Some studies I've seen indicate that the mobile browser is the dominant app; while others cite data showing that apps blew past the browser sometime earlier this year. Also, it makes a huge difference, for example, if Opera Mini is used by tens of millions of feature phone users, but only a couple million people on smartphones.
Source: CNET