Yahoo Go for Mobile

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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars Excellent
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The good: Yahoo Go for Mobile is a great way to keep in touch with your Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger contacts. In addition to regular Yahoo Search and mobile portal services, you can easily sync your address book, calendar, and photos with your Yahoo account. Plus, it's free.

The bad The bad: Yahoo Go for Mobile only works on Nokia Series 60 phones, and you of course need to have a Yahoo account.

The bottom line: If you're an existing Yahoo user and you have a Nokia Series 60 phone, Yahoo Go for Mobile is an excellent free addition to your mobile experience.

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Nicole Lee
Edited by: Kent German
Reviewed on: 04/26/2006

When it comes to Web access on mobile phones, most cell phone providers prefer to provide their own mobile portals and Web services. Verizon has its Get It Now service, Sprint has PCS Vision, Cingular has Media Net, and T-Mobile has T-zones. The problem with these services is that their interfaces and content vary, and you can't always access your Web mail or your online calendar due to software incompatibilities.

Enter Yahoo Go for Mobile. It's the mobile version of Yahoo Go, Yahoo's suite of products and services--such as Mail, Calendar, and Address book--packaged in a way that's more easily accessible. The PC version consists of a dashboard on your desktop, the TV version connects your television to the Internet, and the mobile version is made up of a single Yahoo Go application on your cell phone. The last is an especially compelling idea, because most consumers have a cell phone--not a PC or a television--with them at all times.

In order to get Yahoo Go for Mobile, you have to load the application to your phone, and not any cell phone will do. So far, Yahoo Go for Mobile supports only Nokia Series 60 phones using the Symbian OS and only if they are on Cingular; we tested the service using a Nokia 6682. First, you download it to your PC from the Yahoo Go Web site, then you can transfer it to your phone either through Bluetooth, a memory card, or a USB cable (via the Nokia PC Suite software). Further installation instructions are provided with the download.

Once installed, Yahoo Go for Mobile appears as an application in your phone's menu. Once you enter your Yahoo ID, the first page you'll encounter is a nicely designed portal page that provides immediate access to a wide range of Yahoo services and information sources: Yahoo Mail, Messenger, Address Book, Photos, movie times, games, Calendar, tasks, news, sports, finance, ring tones (from the Yahoo Music store), weather, driving directions, and of course, Search. And the best part is you need to sign in only once--after the initial sign-on, all Yahoo services on your phone are bound to your Yahoo ID.

There are a number of clever integrations between Yahoo Go for Mobile and your cell phone. First, you can easily sync all your phone's contacts and appointments to your Yahoo Address Book and Calendar. As for Yahoo Photos, in addition to being able to organize your photos and albums from your phone, you can automatically upload photos taken from your phone to your Yahoo Photos gallery. Finally, you can purchase and download ring tones from Yahoo's Music Store via Cingular's network.

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"Just what I've been waiting for!"

by mindhead01 on April 28, 2006

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"Missing calendar sync and movie showtimes."

by fagmango on July 9, 2008

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"WM5 Yahoo Go... I removed it from my 3125"

by guitardad72 on May 30, 2007

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