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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:39:48 AM

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As I mentioned in my previous post, there are a lot of announcements to make sense of. In the world of mobile phones, for example, a bunch of partnerships were announced. If I'm reading correctly, the newly formed network of relationships (on the mobile front) looks something like this:

Opera and Samsung announced a partnership: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/12/21/
Samsung and Google announced a partnership: http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/samsungandgoogle.html
Google and Apple announced a partnership: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html
Apple and Yahoo announced a partnership: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html
Yahoo and Opera announced a partnership: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/01/08_2/

Try making sense of that!

And just when I thought everything was nice and neat in its own way, I read that Samsung is also partnering with Yahoo!: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=224620

Opera, of course, has an ongoing relationship with Google (for the desktop browser), and runs well on Mac (which bodes well for a version of Opera on the iPhone?). In other words, Opera plays well with everyone. up

Dizzy with informationNew Jon von Tetzchner interview on Wired

Comments

WildEnte Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:49:53 AM

The iPhone will come with Safari. To quote Avenicus (http://www.avencius.nl/?q=node/536 ): "... will they [Apple] be able to get their target of 1% or 10 million sold devices? [...] That's one stiff competition for Opera's mobile browser and the big mobile phone
makers such as Nokia!"

ChristianResearchWizard Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:24:04 AM

What's missing in all the news is an announcement of the partnership between Yahoo and Google wink

As it is powered by Mac OS X it should be easy to make Opera work with it, at least I hope so.

Lawrence EngLawmune Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:49:25 AM

WildEnte: There's new competition, yes, but rather than being intimidated by it, I think we're more excited that the concept of mobile browsing is getting more popular in the US. It goes without saying that we're well-positioned in that space.

ResearchWizard: Yeah, a Google + Yahoo announcement would be funny. Samsung and Apple are competitors as well. If Opera develops a browser for the iPhone, I hope it will include (finger) gestures. wink

Dan Alexandrudantesoft Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:49:49 AM

What about Yahoo's Go for Mobile 2.0, which also includes the famous oneSearch ?

Lawrence EngLawmune Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:48:46 AM

From what I've read so far, it looks like Yahoo is bringing its Go for Mobile 2.0 services to a bunch of companies--including Samsung, Nokia, and Motorola. oneSearch is just one part of that service. For the iPhone, Apple is working with Yahoo who will provide push email and oneSearch. Opera's mobile browsers will use oneSearch.

Rijk Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:26:06 PM

I've read that the iPhone will be a closed system, so ... no downloading third-party software. But on the other hand this Safari is not going any where else, so if the concept is succesful Opera can supply other manufacturers with very simular software. I doubt the iPhone will ever reach iPod-like marketshare - that would be a scary thought.

Haavardhaavard Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:22:36 PM

That's one stiff competition for Opera's mobile browser and the big mobile phone makers such as Nokia!


Or rather, competition for other handset manufacturers, making it even more important for them to include a proper browser, meaning more business for Opera.

Lawrence EngLawmune Friday, January 12, 2007 6:01:15 PM

Boo, no third party apps for the iPhone, according to Steve Jobs: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/technology/11cnd-apple.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Anonymous Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:23:51 AM

astos writes: 29011970

Dan Alexandrudantesoft Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:36:10 AM

Internet 2007 Predictions smile

ChristianResearchWizard Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:30:13 PM

Dan, that's a nice image, but Opera shouldn't be that small sad

WildEnte Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:13:33 PM

is it even on the list?

Dan Alexandrudantesoft Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:28:11 PM

Right there, on the map, halfway between Google and Yahoo, connected to Bittorrent.
JK, no, it's not on the graph. OTOH, FX is there just because of "acquisitions of popular technologies".

ChristianResearchWizard Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:45:01 PM

too small to be seen at all - no it's not there, Operas place would be right in the middle connecting everything.
Maybe we should just assume it is the Opera Map (instead of Web Trend Map) wink

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