Staff Techdrunk 
Yahoo has recently announced that it will come out with its own mobile website which the company claims as a highly-personalized mobile starting point to the Internet. But right now it is on a closed beta mode
“We believe the new Yahoo! Mobile will transform the way millions of mobile users around the world will interact with the Internet,” said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Yahoo! Inc. “Yahoo! Mobile will enable users to create their own Internet starting point on their mobile device so they can better discover, connect to and stay informed about the people and things that are important to them.”
It will be available as a native application for the iPhone, as well as other smartphones of Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and other Windows Mobile powered handset.
“Yahoo! Mobile represents significant and continued innovation by Yahoo! around creating a compelling and engaging user experience with mobile data services, and especially the mobile Internet,” notes Scott Ellison, VP Mobile and Wireless, IDC. “Rich and well-integrated offerings like Yahoo! Mobile, offered across a broad range of devices, will play central roles in the rapidly evolving mobile Internet space,” he added.
Here is what Yahoo! has to say on its features:
- Yahoo! oneSearch.
- Today–interesting stories selected by Yahoo!’s editorial team.
- Yahoo! oneConnect.
- Email– access to Yahoo! Mail and other email service providers, including Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and AOL Mail.
- Pulse – access tosocial networks, including Bebo, Dopplr, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Last.fm, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
- Yahoo! Messenger.
- Yahoo! Address Book.
- Yahoo! Calendar.
- Yahoo! News.
- Yahoo! onePlace.
While the smartphone version of Yahoo Mobile Service will have features like:
- Yahoo! oneSearch with Voice.
- Maps.
- Opera Mini 4.2.
- Widgets.
