January 6, 2006
Yahoo Launches Content Service for Phones
Yahoo is moving onto Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices so users can access their customized content while untethered, reports Yahoo News..
Anyone with a Yahoo account can have their customized data they now get through the Web portal load itself into their device. The information — from news to restaurant reviews to personal contacts and appointments — will be synchronized through whatever data network they may be using — cellular or Wi-Fi, for example.
The product encompasses a new user interface designed to fit on the small screen of a smartphone. Yahoo Go streamlines the main menu content into major categories such as search, mail, news and calendar, which users could then scroll through.
Yahoo's music and video services is not yet available through Yahoo Go Mobile but may be added later, company officials said.
The Yahoo Go application is downloadable for free at Yahoo's Web site. However, the Internet giant says it has also signed a deal with Nokia so the cell phone maker will be pre-installing the Yahoo Go program on select mobile devices.
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