January 25, 2006
Yahoo! Go Mobile — does it?
So I finally got around to downloading and installing Yahoo! Go mobile. Am I impressed? Yes and no… It was not that straightforward to download the application and get it running on a Nokia N70. There are some aspects that are quite unintuitive. Overall, I think it’s a good start. I mean essentially it is an application that launches a few other mini-applications (for photos and Yahoo! Messenger), some built-in S60 applications like Mail and Calendar and then has a bunch of Web-links for content (like “ringtones” — ugh!). One problem is: I can’t get it to bring up Opera as the default browser when it initiates a browsing session (admittedly this is probably a S60 problem but it would be nice for the Yahoo! application to give me the option of setting an alternate browser). I wish the content wasn’t just a link off to a browsing session — how about reading news through a built-in RSS reader? To be fair, they’ve indicated that mobile Konfabulator-style widgets are the next step, so maybe integration of these will solve some of these issues. The background synchronization and email config seems to work fine — I was up and running with my Yahoo! mail account in minutes once the application installed. I wish you could replace the phone’s “active idle” screen with the Yahoo! Go application and that the applications’ main screen could contain more dynamic content (like a mini-my-yahoo: number of messages in your inbox, top headlines, etc…).
Verdict: It’s a great start.
Filed by Daniel Appelquist at 16:12 under mobile 2.0
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Addendum: why do I need to log in to Yahoo! services separately after bringing them up from my Yahoo! Go application? Surely part of the point of the application is that is should hold my sign-on credentials so I don?t have to re-authenticate to each service each time?
Where is yahoo go installer file ?
Hay 4m when i can get yahoo go ?
Hello sir,can you give me the link on how to download the yahoo go messenger for mobile.i have nokia n73 phone.thanks a lot
i have nokia n7o without yahoo go application where i can download yahoo go mobile appl kindly give me a link thnk u
I got a nokia n73 but i dont have Y!mesenger on it plz tell me the link 2 download it thanx
I gote a n73 but i don’t have y!messenger on my mobile Plz tell me link to download it. Thanks
Hi, I also work for Vodafone and I have been trying to download Yahoo Go on several Sony Ericsson phones with no luck. I was shocked to be told by customer services it is blocked and I would have to subscribe to their messenger service to use Yahoo??!
Laurence — I’m not aware of any Vodafone operating company blocking Yahoo! go. Which country are you in? Why not try side-loading it onto your device via your PC or using the Internet access APN?
Yahoo go 3 sucks for n73. I don’t know how many times i have installed it, it just crashes on startup! And yes, i’ve tried installing on both the phone memory and memory card. Just refuses to work. Where can i get an older version?
i got here my motorola l6. do yahoo! go application works on my handset? i don’t how to download the application of it and i’m getting tired finding on it! please tell me where can i find its application….Thank you
We’re having a great time developing for the Yahoo Go 3.0 Mobile widget platform. Check out our CryptoPix visual messaging widget in the Yahoo! Go messaging section. CryptoPix converts plain text messages into fun and flirty pix and animations. We’d love everyone’s feedback!
matts@cryptopix.com
http://www.cryptopix.com