Yahoo Mobile Services for iPhones from March
3/03/2009 04:14:00 PM - 2 comments
Yahoo Mobile services from the Search Engine giant Yahoo is one of the hottest attractions of the Mobile World Congress held recently in Barcelona, Spain. Introduced as a mobile phone portal, users of Apple iPhone or any other Windows Mobile based smartphone can install Yahoo Mobile on their iPhones/ smartphone and access it through their mobile browser.Apple iPhones to have Yahoo Mobile ahead of other Smartphones
This mobile browser from Yahoo is available now only as a beta version and Apple iPhone users will be the privileged few to use it as early as March, 2009; other than the users of devices running WebKit-based browsers like iPod touch, Android devices, and a few Nokia Series 60 units. The application will initially be made available in a few countries like the Unites States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, India, Philippines and Indonesia in the month of March; to be spread out to the rest of the world in the later part of the year.
While the rest of the smartphones running Windows Mobile such as Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson will have to wait till it hits the market in the 2nd quarter of 2009, possibly till the month of May to download the Yahoo application browser.
What to look out for in Yahoo Mobile for iPhones
• Yahoo Mobile package is an easy to use interface.
• Early reports have indicated that the Yahoo Mobile application will comprise of the mobile browser Opera Mini and Yahoo Maps.
• It will obviously have the search functions, diverse content and also user-filtered content via Yahoo Oneplace.
• It will offer access to email accounts on Gmail, Hotmail, and AOL mail; while the feature indicated as ‘Pulse’ will allow users access to a number of social networking sites such as Myspace, Flickr and Facebook.
• iPhone users will also get to use the OneConnect service, combining e-mail, Yahoo Messenger, Address book and Calendar, as part of the Yahoo Mobile application package.
• Users will be able to use the revolutionary search-by-voice option feature Onesearch Voice in Yahoo Mobile, which allows them to use the search feature by just saying the search terms into their phone.
Conclusion
The most fascinating aspect of Yahoo Mobile that has created an impact amongst iPhone and other smartphone users is that, it will enable the users to create their own Internet source on their mobile device which will not only help them stay connected and informed, but also to discover better and do things they enjoy doing most.
I think this is a good project
is it going to be free?