Yahoo aura son application pour iPhone

Yahoo vient d’annoncer la venue prochaine d’une application "Yahoo ! Mobile Service" — une application facilement personnalisable. Celle-ci sera disponible pour l’iPhone, mais aussi pour les Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson et Motorola.

« Avec une interface intéractive et personalisable, Yahoo ! Mobile offrira un environnement où l’utilisateur pourra facilement mettre dans une seule application son contenue favoris »

Voiçi la description (en anglais), de la version iPhone de cette application, qui devrait être disponible en mars 2009

KEY FEATURES OF YAHOO ! MOBILE
The mobile Web and iPhone™ versions of Yahoo ! Mobile are planned to include the following features :
Discover

 Yahoo ! oneSearch™ - Yahoo !’s award-winning mobile search service providing the most current, relevant answers you need.

 Today - The most interesting stories buzzing on the Internet right now, selected by Yahoo !’s editorial team.
Connect

 Yahoo ! oneConnect™ - Yahoo !’s service designed to provide consumers everything they need to stay in touch with the people about whom they care :

 Email - Access to Yahoo ! Mail and other popular email service providers, including Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and AOL Mail.

 Pulse - Access totheir 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 headlines across popular topics.

 Yahoo ! onePlace™ - Access and manage your favorite content, all from one location. Its "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 movie theaters.
The smartphone version of Yahoo ! Mobile will include the above functionality, plus :

 Yahoo ! oneSearch with Voice™ - Allowing users to launch searches by simply speaking.

 Maps - Powerful improved tools that let consumers locate, learn about and get directions to points of interest.

 Opera Mini™ 4.2 - An integrated version of the world’s most popular mobile web browser, with easy return to the Yahoo ! Mobile app, that launches when web site access is needed.

 Widgets - Enhanced mobile-optimized experiences for services from Yahoo ! and other brands. Users can browse, add and remove these at anytime according to their tastes.