Opera Software on Tuesday announced that it is submitting its Opera Mini Web browser to Apple for use on the iPhone.

The Norwegian company boasts that Opera is the most-used browser on mobile devices; it offers a version of the software for Windows Mobile phones, Google Android and the Nintendo DS game system.

The Opera team said they are confident their new browser will be approved for the iPhone, but the final say is still up to the gatekeepers at Apple who are known to block applications in the iTunes store for any number of random reasons.

Last week I had a chance to sit down with Opera’s co-founder, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, to see an early version of the new iPhone software. The new browser loaded pages extremely quickly, as you can see in the video below, and manages to integrate some unique features that are currently available in its desktop browser. Some of the highlights include unlimited tabbed browsing and the ability to search the content of a Web page — an important feature that is currently unavailable on the Safari mobile browser made by Apple.

The software was missing an important feature on the iPhone: the ability to resize a page by pinching a page with both fingers.  Mr. Tetzchner said this could be added to the software with a later update.

The Opera browser loads Web pages rapidly by using a technology called server-side rendering, which compresses most aspects of a Web site on a server, sometimes reducing the load time of 90 percent of a Web page, before sending the data along to a phone’s browser.

Mr. Tetzchner pitched the new Opera browser as a way to reduce roaming charges when traveling.

Opera Software says its mission is to make a browser for any computer and mobile phone.

Taking a dizzying spin through the video chat service Chatroulette can be highly entertaining — you might stumble onto a celebrity or an impromptu performance by a pianist.

But there’s always the chance of encountering something unsavory on the service, which randomly matches strangers for video interaction.

One entrepreneur is hoping to limit the chances of that — at least for the collegiate set — with a new Web site called RandomDorm.

RandomDorm takes the thrilling serendipity of being paired with an anonymous stranger in a video chat room and limits it to college campuses. Participants need a college e-mail address to access the Web service. Alternatively, they can sign in using Facebook as long as the primary e-mail address tied to that account ends with an .edu.

Tying the users to a specific identity will in theory make them more accountable, although it’s unclear whether RandomDorm’s limited pool will increase the chances of seeing someone chugging beers online or performing more extreme college antics.

“The good thing about Chatroulette is that it has a low barrier to entry. Anyone can hop on and be instantly connected to someone in the world,” said Josh Weinstein, creator of RandomDorm. “We hope to emulate that simplicity and ensure a degree of community and security.”

For now RandomDorm is limited to students at schools in the United States, but in the future, the company hopes to open it up to international universities, as long as there is demand.

According to recent findings released by the research firm comScore, the demand might be stronger than he thinks: Male college students were the most avid users of Chatroulette.

This isn’t the first time Mr. Weinstein has created a service with students in mind. He’s also the creator of GoodCrush, a college matchmaking service housed at the Manhattan branch of the Polaris Ventures-backed incubator Dogpatch Labs.

Originally, he said, the plan was to add an instant-messaging feature to GoodCrush, but when the company saw how popular Chatroulette was among college students, his team decided to switch gears.

“We put the brakes on text-based chat,” he said. “We realized there’s a real exciting opportunity to actualize our vision of connecting student bodies.”