Opera Widgets

Opera Widgets: Powerfully small Web apps

Opera customers are quickly discovering that small, simple, single-purpose Web applications can revolutionize the way services and content can be developed, personalized, delivered and monetized. Read on to uncover how Opera Widgets are being successfully deployed world-over.

Nintendo

Nintendo has introduced Widget View Mode for the Wii Internet Channel. By surfing to widgets.opera.com Nintendo’s users can browse Opera's collection of community-built, Opera-tested Web applications immediately ready to run on the Internet Channel. Widgets available now include calendars, news readers, Internet radios and other fun applications. Users of Opera's desktop browser will immediately recognize their favorite widgets on this new platform. Web developers can publish widgets on Opera's website to make them available to Wii users.

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ARCHOS

ARCHOS selected the Opera 9 SDK for Devices for its Generation 5 portable media players — the ARCHOS 605 WiFi, 705 WiFi and new ARCHOS TV+. Opera 9 SDK also provides the ability to integrate Opera Widgets — extending the device capabilities through standalone Web applications and enabling a more personalized browsing experience. Widgets for ARCHOS include instant access to services such as weather forecast, news, currency and unit converters and calculator.

"Our partnership with Opera helps turn ARCHOS portable media players into the most advanced and compelling wireless devices available today," says Henri Crohas, CEO, ARCHOS. "From the Web browser for accessing the full Internet in the palm of your hand, to the new Opera Widgets with instant access to popular Web content, we are continually enhancing our devices with the features that keep consumers engaged and entertained wherever they go."

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KDDI

The au one Gadget is a Web application made with open standards. Users can download their favorite Gadget to their mobile handsets. The Gadget runs on the device's idle screen. Users can download more than one Gadget to their device.

"We are confident that au one Gadget will be a key application for our mobile phones," says Takashi Nagashima, General Manager, Consumer Service and Product Planning Division, KDDI. "Furthermore, for mobile application developers, au one Gadget is an easy-to-use application platform. Many content providers have already decided to create their original Gadget. With Gadgets technology available, mobile phones can become almost anything the users want."

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