Improving Consumers' Ability to Use Their Mobile Phones to Discover, Stay Connected and Stay Informed
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) recently announced the availability of the new Yahoo! Mobile, an open and highly-personalized mobile starting point to the Internet, on both the mobile Web and as an Apple(R) iPhone app, for Malaysia. The new Yahoo! Mobile allows consumers to discover, stay connected and stay informed through their mobile devices.
Yahoo! Mobile for the Web is now available across more than 400 devices with HTML-enabled mobile browsers by visiting http://my.new.m.yahoo.com , while the Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app is now available in the Apple iPhone App Store. Both are currently available in 17 countries across Europe, the America and Asia, including Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan, with additional countries expected to launch over the next several months.
"Consumers in Malaysia are demanding compelling mobile Internet services that offer increased personalization," said Matthias Kunze, managing director of Yahoo! Mobile, Asia Pacific. "To further capitalize on the market potential and continue our mobile leadership, we created Yahoo! Mobile, a dynamic starting point enabling consumers to discover the world around them, stay connected through a variety of communication services, and customize content to define their Internet experience on mobile devices."
With a rich design and interactivity that leverages the capabilities of today's mobile devices, Yahoo! Mobile offers an open environment within which consumers can bring together their favorite content and services from across the Internet. Consumers can:
-- Discover: via results from Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search,
editor-selected content and local information
-- Stay Connected: through access to their email and social network
accounts from the most popular Web providers, as well as instant
messaging, address book and calendar tools.
-- Stay Informed: by bringing together favorite content - Web sites,
sports teams, news sources, RSS feeds, weather, stocks, horoscopes and
more - into a single location.
KEY FEATURES OF YAHOO! MOBILE
Discover
-- Yahoo! oneSearch(TM) -- 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(R) and Windows Live(TM) Hotmail
-- Social Pulse -- Integrated access to social networks including Bebo(R),
Dopplr(TM), Facebook(R), Flickr(R), Friendster(R), Last.fm(R),
MySpace(R), Twitter(TM) and YouTube(TM)
-- 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 favorite content, all from one
location. The "Add Anything" functionality is a simple-to-use search
and browse process that helps users find and add what they want.
Consumers can add their favorite interests from a growing selection of
popular categories including news topics and sources, RSS feeds,
weather conditions, sports scores, stock quotes, websites/blogs,
horoscopes, and much more.
Enabling the growth of mobile advertising
Yahoo! Mobile for Web will feature display advertising from leading brands, allowing consumers to interact with these rich media ads through functions such as send to a friend, locate a dealer, clicking to call the advertiser directly or the ability to learn more information about the advertiser's offer. With some of the highest quality inventory available and a highly-engaged user base, Yahoo! is focused on creating scale for advertisers by helping them reach their targeted audience wherever they are.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
For more on Yahoo!'s mobile please visit http://my.mobile.yahoo.com .
Yahoo!, the Yahoo! logo, Yahoo! oneSearch and Flickr are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Media Contacts
Adrian Lee
XPR
Tel: +65-9423-0109
Email: adrian@xpr.com.sg
Priscilla Tan
Yahoo! Mobile, APAC
Tel: +65-6279-7317
Email: pristan@yahoo-inc.com