Opera has recently released its position in the market in a Mobile Web report, in which it has focused upon the popularity of its iPhone application, which has been approved for the App store two weeks before. The numbers are stated as 1 million downloads on the very first day as people appeared to be much eager to try and test out the alternative browser on the iPhone.

According to this report, the iPhone has become the third major handset for Opera Mini users worldwide. All the other top 20 devices are Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets. Furthermore, the iPhone is currently the #1 device used by Opera Mini users in the United States, well ahead of BlackBerry, which earlier was leading and was in top position in the market. Among the top 10 countries according to Opera Mini usage, the United States and the United Kingdom are the two countries where the iPhone has become the #1 device as used by Opera Mini users.

According to certain estimations and numbers, Opera hopes America to become the fifth-most Opera Mini users, displacing Nigeria, South Africa and Ukraine on its list. Since mid-April, the States jumped from #8 to #5 in the top 10 countries list. In March 2010, Opera Mini had over 55.2 million users, a 9.3% increase from February 2010. Combined, those users viewed more than 25.8 billion pages in March. Since March 2009, page views have increased 200%.

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