Watch Introduction to the new Yahoo! Mobile Part 1/2
Watch Introduction to the new Yahoo! Mobile Part 2/2 in Tech & Gaming
While making my pilgrimage to CommunicAsia 09, I had the luck to attend a session with the Yahoo! reps to learn more about the new mobile site they launched.
Accessible via any HTML-enabled mobile browser, they’re truly improving the portal experience that you receive. I like how they described it as there is the individual. And there is the world around him. And they sit in between helping to bring what’s relevant in the world to the person.
With the launch of the new mobile site, it effectively allows any user to customise what sort of feeds gets pushed to the front page. It also allow you to hook up your emails from almost any of of the major email providers as well as social networks(via something they call “Social Pulse”)
One thing I really like…is actually the design. It looks really pleasing to the eye.
Based on the limited usage of it that i’ve had since then, I think a major concern I have is how the experience will be if i have many feeds hooked up. I actually hooked up my twitter and facebook feed to social pulse and already it looked unmanageable with almost 50 new updates that I had to sieve through. Fortunately for Yahoo!(and unfortunately for users), this is a problem that no one else has solved yet.
Amongst the key features of the new Yahoo! Mobile are(and i’m just copying and pasting for this part):-
Discover
Yahoo! oneSearch – Yahoo!’s award-winning mobile search service providing the most current, relevant answers you need.
Today on Yahoo! – The most interesting stories buzzing on the Internet right now, selected by Yahoo!’s editorial team.
Connect
Email – Access to Yahoo! Mail and other popular email service providers, including Gmail and Windows Live Hotmail
Social Pulse – Integrated access to social networks including Bebo, Dopplr, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Last.fm, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
Yahoo! Messenger – An upgraded version of Yahoo!’s popular mobile instant messaging service.
Yahoo! Address Book – Keeps consumers’ contacts always handy and in sync.
Yahoo! Calendar – View, add and edit appointments when users are away from their PCs.
Stay Informed
Yahoo! News – Breaking local headlines across popular topics
My Interests – Users can manage their favourite content, all from one location. The “Add Anything” function is a simple-to-use search and browse process that helps users find and add what they want. Consumers can add their favourite interests from a growing selection of popular categories including news topics and sources, RSS feeds, weather conditions, sports scores, stock quotes, websites/blogs, horoscopes, movie theatres and much more.
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