According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser

a "fit to width" feature was developed in unreleased version 7.6 in 2004, with "interactive television" in mind, and published in desktop version 8 in 2005.

However, their method may be either different from Softview's, of licensed from Softview - I haven't checked. And on my portrait tablet screen, 480 pixels wide(!), it isn't always successful.

Well actually besides for knocking on the website. If you notice that that video is dated 2001, you can see why the sony is the perfect device and how good a showcase it was for its time.
The iphone was released in 2007, by that standard then apple should not enforce their patents either. Of course their website is a perfect example of non flash non java internet that steven jobs wants for his phone/pad.
" We have developed a server based Universal Vector Translator to convert content from CAD systems and other applications to vector content to be viewed on SoftView Hanheld Display Clients" I would infer that being the nature of the lawsuit. Maybe the iphoney does the same things.

Well in that case, Opera should sue the lot of them. It's been zooming on palmtops since Ajax was knee-high to a grasshopper, and was reflowing page content years before that patent was filed.

Any fule kno the patent office is run by the brothers-in-law of the lawyers.