Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Opera For Pocket PC To Be Bundled With Sharp Unit (That Is, It's Coming)
Posted by Janak Parekh in "SOFTWARE" @ 06:00 PM
"Opera Software and Willcom INC today announced that the Opera Mobile™ browser will be offered on the new Sharp W-ZERO3 Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 handset in Japan. The Sharp W-ZERO3 is the first Windows Mobile 5.0 device in the Japanese market, and also the first device to ship with Opera Mobile 8.5 for Pocket PC."
Darius has posted on the W-ZERO3 in the past - a cool Japanese Pocket PC Phone with VGA. While the W-ZERO3 is definitely cool (and you must check out this super-slick Flash animation), it's unlikely it'll be available outside of Japan. One'd assume, though, that if Opera is contractually obliged to provide a browser to them that they'll also release one for the rest of the community in a similar timeframe. Let's hope that timeframe is sooner than later, because the Pocket PC platform could use a top-notch browser like Opera.
Darius has posted on the W-ZERO3 in the past - a cool Japanese Pocket PC Phone with VGA. While the W-ZERO3 is definitely cool (and you must check out this super-slick Flash animation), it's unlikely it'll be available outside of Japan. One'd assume, though, that if Opera is contractually obliged to provide a browser to them that they'll also release one for the rest of the community in a similar timeframe. Let's hope that timeframe is sooner than later, because the Pocket PC platform could use a top-notch browser like Opera.
