Some Opera news
Monday, 8. January 2007, 21:38:03
Since Daniel is away getting married, and the tech world is abuzz with news since CES is going on, I thought I'd pick up the slack and mention some items that would typically be discussed on Opera Watch.
First off, Opera announced today that it is partnering with Yahoo for mobile search. As such, Yahoo will replace Google as the default search on Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. When Yahoo's new oneSearch feature goes live in Q1 2007, that will be available on phones running Opera. Here is the press release: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/01/08_2/
Here is a third-party article discussing the new arrangement: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070108OperaGoesYahooForMobileSearch.html
On the devices side of things, Opera WebUI (Web user interface) for the Opera 9 SDK is now available: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/01/08/
What this means, essentially, is that Opera provides a ton of flexibility for internet device makers who want to make Opera part of their user experience.
Some of my colleagues in the Devices group are currently at CES demoing Opera on Devices. (See the bottom of the press release for more details)
Finally, Nokia's new N800 internet tablet was just released, and it uses Opera as its web browser. Nokia's previous internet tablet, the N770, also used Opera. You can see a picture of the N800 being used to browse the web here: http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2007Jan/bpd20070108001242.htm
First off, Opera announced today that it is partnering with Yahoo for mobile search. As such, Yahoo will replace Google as the default search on Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. When Yahoo's new oneSearch feature goes live in Q1 2007, that will be available on phones running Opera. Here is the press release: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/01/08_2/
Here is a third-party article discussing the new arrangement: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070108OperaGoesYahooForMobileSearch.html
On the devices side of things, Opera WebUI (Web user interface) for the Opera 9 SDK is now available: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/01/08/
What this means, essentially, is that Opera provides a ton of flexibility for internet device makers who want to make Opera part of their user experience.
Some of my colleagues in the Devices group are currently at CES demoing Opera on Devices. (See the bottom of the press release for more details)
Finally, Nokia's new N800 internet tablet was just released, and it uses Opera as its web browser. Nokia's previous internet tablet, the N770, also used Opera. You can see a picture of the N800 being used to browse the web here: http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2007Jan/bpd20070108001242.htm
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