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The new Kyocera mobile phone has the Opera logo on its handset

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 Published January 23rd, 2007 1:44 PM EST By Daniel Goldman

Kyocera is releasing a new mobile phone, the Kyocera WX320K, which comes with the full Opera Mobile web browser pre-installed.

What makes this phone stand out from the many other mobile phones that ship with Opera too, is that the words “Opera Browser” is displayed on the cover of the phone, as well as the Opera logo on the ‘web’ button inside the phone. (See pictures below).

(via Saito)

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  1. 1 Daniel Aleksandersen Jan 23rd, 2007 at 2:03 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Linux

    That phone really did look like ****. Cool that it got Opera and promots it as one of it’s main features though!

  2. 2 Fyrd Jan 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    Nice!

  3. 3 EC Jan 23rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 on Windows Windows XP

    Nice! Way to go Opera!

    This should be big news for the browser’s recognition!

    Great news.

  4. 4 Kc4 Jan 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Windows Windows XP

    sweet…

    what it the site that is being displayed?

  5. 5 Lawmune Jan 23rd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Is that last image showing a scaled down version of the site, as opposed to SSR? I wonder if that’s a real browser screen that’s being displayed.

  6. 6 Eddie Jan 23rd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Lawmune- That was my thought as well :)

  7. 7 Daniel Goldman Jan 23rd, 2007 at 5:43 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Windows Windows XP

    Lawmune, I got the screenshot from their site. It looks too good for a small screen. :)

  8. 8 Marius Jan 23rd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    And as far as I can see, the laptop is running Internet Explorer :p

  9. 9 Daniel Goldman Jan 23rd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Windows Windows XP

    Marius, funny observation. :)

  10. 10 Michael Baptista Jan 23rd, 2007 at 7:41 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Linux Linux

    Marius

    I have a feeling that this is because they are selling their phone to a wider audiance then simply Opera’s user base, so they want to show their users that they can get the internet on their phone by using what most of their customers are familier with, IE.

  11. 11 Investor Jan 23rd, 2007 at 8:38 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Windows Windows XP

    Good point Michael…
    The spec mention Opera v.7 ??? http://www.kyocera.co.jp/prdct/telecom/consumer/wx320k/spec.html with zoom capabilities 30% to 200%.

    Anyway, why don’t the two Opera employes tell the rest of us more about it… ??? ;)

  12. 12 GT500 Jan 23rd, 2007 at 10:19 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Linux Linux

    Sweet phone…

    I wish I had some extra cash. I need some nifty Opera enabled gizmos… ;)

  13. 13 Steve Barker Jan 24th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
    using Epiphany Epiphany 2.16 on Fedora Linux Fedora Linux

    Not yet on the UK site

    http://www.kyocera.co.uk

    Hopefully soon…

  14. 14 yancha Jan 25th, 2007 at 12:40 am
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    The first model (AH-K3001V) of the same product line came out in 2004, which already had the Opera logo on it. It was the first mobile phone with the Opera browser in Japan.

  15. 15 Lawmune Jan 26th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Ah, silly me. I have Opera Mobile running on my Pocket PC phone (that I got for Christmas), and it does indeed have a Zooming feature.

  16. 16 Arepo Feb 2nd, 2007 at 3:04 am
    using Opera Opera 9.02 on Windows Windows XP

    Here is a Digg link. Be sure to Digg it!

  17. 17 Arepo Feb 2nd, 2007 at 3:05 am
    using Opera Opera 9.02 on Windows Windows XP

    And now for the link…
    http://digg.com/tech_news/Kyocera_Develops_WX320K_for_Willcom_pre_installed_with_the_Opera_browser

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