Yahoo and Nokia have announced a new partnership that will see them both collaborate on a number of key areas in the mobile space.
Nokia will be providing its Ovi Maps service for the Yahoo mapping application, with a 'powered by Ovi' tag underneath, as Yahoo seeks to stem the popularity of the Google Maps juggernaut.
And in a tit-for-tat move, Yahoo will be taking over the running of Ovi Mail and Ovi chat between handsets, meaning it will now be labelled as 'powered by Yahoo'.
This also means that Yahoo and Ovi logins will become more unified, with the plan being to make it easier to use Ovi profiles on Yahoo services.
All about the user
"We're enabling millions of Yahoo! customers in key markets including North America to discover the unique capabilities that Ovi Maps brings," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia.
"Similarly, Yahoo!'s online expertise will bring exciting mail and messaging enhancements to millions of Ovi Mail customers across almost every country around the world, many of whom will have their first Internet experience on their mobile."
"We're excited to expand the reach of our best-in-class Mail and Messenger services, bringing personalized experiences to more people across the mobile Web, particularly in emerging markets where we are seeding the next generation of Yahoo! users," said Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo.
"At the same time, we believe Nokia's strength and continued investment in maps and navigation will greatly enhance our existing products, enabling us to focus on areas that are core to our business."
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bradavon
May 24th 2010
3. Why do you say that ABC? Hotmail itself today isn't too different from Yahoo Mail but it opens up you to the Windows Live Services such as SkyDrive, Live Mesh, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photos (granted Yahoo's Flickr is better) etc... It's these that make Hotmail trump Yahoo Mail (especially SkyDrive and Live Mesh).
Add in Microsoft's revamp of Hotmail next month and it will easily beat Yahoo Mail even further:
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/new-microsoft-hotmail-launches-in-july-690189
None off the things in this article Yahoo Mail can do. There's too many to mention here but it's all in that article. The exception being Push Mail but Yahoo Mail's Push service specifically only works with iPhone (and a few others), whereas Hotmail Push Mail will work on any compatible mobile.
The problem with Yahoo Mail is it's not been updated in years. Still only offering POP3 etc...
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abc
May 24th 2010
2. I agree with you on Gmail, which is the best in the business.
Yahoo mail is much better than Hotmail though.
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bradavon
May 24th 2010
1. "We're excited to expand the reach of our best-in-class Mail and Messenger services"
Are you for real? Gmail and Hotmail are both significantly better and Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 will be better the Yahoo Messenger.
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