Opera Software today announced that the Opera Mobile Web browser and Widgets will be available on seven of KDDI’s new mobile phones. Since KDDI and Opera began their partnership in 2004, they have jointly released a total of 93 handsets with the Opera Mobile browser.

Opera Mobile 9.5 adds Opera Widgets to deliver a one-click mobile Internet experience

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Opera Software today released the Opera Widgets SDK beta, enabling Web developers to deploy Web applications on any device. The Opera Widgets SDK is based on open, W3C-set standards to employ common web technologies such as HTML, CSS and media queries, JavaScript and Ajax, in creating advanced Web applications.

Opera Software, the only company that puts the Web on any device, and KDDI, Japan's leading 3G operator, today announced that Opera Widgets will be shipped on Toshiba W56T, Sony Ericsson W54S and Sanyo W54SA from KDDI. Branded as "au one Gadget" by KDDI, Opera's Widget technology enables users to improve and personalize their browsing experience.