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Opera Widgets now on mobile phones too

Published October 25th, 2007 12:52 AM EDT By Daniel Goldman

For the first time now, Opera Widgets will run on mobile phones too, in addition to on the Opera desktop browser.

Japan’s KDDI mobile phone carrier will ship 3 new phones, the Toshiba W56T, Sony Ericsson W54S and Sanyo W54SA, which are capable of running Opera Widgets.

When Opera first released Opera Widgets, many were wondering why the need for yet another widget platform. Our strategy with Opera Widgets is becoming much clearer now. We’ve always intended for widgets to be a platform to develop Web applications that aren’t dependent on proprietary or platform specific environments. Opera Widgets can run on virtually any device, ranging from PCs to mobile phones and other embedded devices. Pretty cool, no?

KDDI is branding these Opera Widgets as ‘au one Gadget’.


(Opera Widget on a mobile phone)

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  1. 1 whatever2 Oct 25th, 2007 at 1:48 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows Server 2003

    so they are called ‘au one Gadget’ not opera widgets, and as with the wii - noone knows that opera has something to do with that. great marketing effort.

    you realise, that for 99% population this news has nothing to do with opera? just because it isnt called ‘opera’s widgets’?

  2. 2 pdx77 Oct 25th, 2007 at 2:02 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    I just can’t wait to see this on Opera Mobile 9 for windows mobile devices, if it ever comes out.

  3. 3 Daniel Goldman Oct 25th, 2007 at 2:15 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    whatever2 (a.k.a. underwhlemed, sid, problem), KDDI is our customer; it’s up to them how they refer to these Opera Widgets. The name is not something we decide on.

  4. 4 Dante Oct 25th, 2007 at 2:59 am
    using Opera Opera 9.24 on Windows Windows XP

    So what can we do to light up the “widget available for phones” icon on widgets.opera.com ?

    http://widgets.opera.com/images/widget_thumb/device_mobile_disabled.png

  5. 5 underwhelmed Oct 25th, 2007 at 3:44 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    “The name is not something we decide on” - thats what im talking about - opera once again signed a deal that could easily be more beneficial for opera, than how it is already.

    Wii casus anyone? how many non-opera users know that Wii Internet Channel has anything to with opera? how many users opera lost not exposing opera brand to wii users?

  6. 6 pdx77 Oct 25th, 2007 at 3:56 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    I don’t own a WII, but doesn’t the internet channel say “powered by Opera?”

  7. 7 Val Oct 25th, 2007 at 8:08 am
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Linux Linux

    Indeed it does.

  8. 8 XP1 Oct 25th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows Vista

    It would have been better to say “powered by Opera Software,” at least.

  9. 9 Vítor I Oct 25th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Marketing is everything nowadays! Don’t forget that.

  10. 10 muph Oct 29th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.23 on Windows Windows XP

    Wii indeed says OPERA POWERED in several places, and Opera’s logo is even on the Wii package. Sorry to burst your bubble, underwhelmed AKA whatever2.

    Great marketing effort? This is more about sales, but you can bet your behind that KDDI’s competitors know very well what powers KDDI’s widgets. But you clearly do not understand the business market. You think everything is about you.

  11. 11 opera widgets Oct 30th, 2007 at 6:48 am
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows Windows XP

    i want 2 download opera watch on my mobile sonyericsson k700i is it possible

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