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a Little Flat  Opera on iPhone: Prestissimo, but Just a Little
Flat  Opera made an unexpected appearance at the App Store this
week. Submitting its Mini browser to Apple for approval seemed
like a long shot, yet here it is. Opera certainly feels faster
on its feet than Safari when it comes to loading pages. It also
has a few features you won't find on the iPhone's built-in
browser. Zoom control, however, just isn't the same.  Opera
Mini, an application from Opera Software, is available for free
at the App Store.  Opera Software can be quite the prima donna
when it wants to, and apparently it knows how to use that
attitude to get the results it wants. This company was a main
player in the recent effort to require Microsoft to offer a full
menu of Web browsers each time Windows is installed in Europe.
Not only must Windows ask the user which browser he or she wants
to set as default (Internet Explorer or one of several rivals,
including Opera), bu