Yahoo Rolls Out Mobile Apps

by admin April 2, 2009 at 6:58 pm

It’s unclear how big a role the mobile division will play under CEO Carol Bartz as it has been difficult to monetize so far.

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) rolled out its new suite of mobile applications for the iPhone 3G and other handsets Wednesday at the CTIA Wireless trade show.

The Yahoo Messenger app can be downloaded from Apple’s App Store, and it enables iPhone and iPod Touch users to send and receive messages, share photos, add contacts, and change status. The Yahoo Mobile app is available for more than 300 handsets with HTML-enabled browsers, and it offers a portal to online content like social networks, news, RSS, and Yahoo-based e-mail.

Read more: informationweek.com