Comments on: Is Yahoo ready to Go mobile? http://blog.telecoms.com/2008/01/09/is-yahoo-ready-to-go-mobile/ Telecoms industry news and opinion Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Asaad Alnajjar http://blog.telecoms.com/2008/01/09/is-yahoo-ready-to-go-mobile/#comment-760 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:41:43 +0000 http://blog.telecoms.com/2008/01/09/is-yahoo-ready-to-go-mobile/#comment-760 Yahoo is not ready for the mobile deployment and their Beta needs major repairs. Google, however, has by far advanced into mobile applications and even the Beta products are usually better than Yahoo final products. For example, the GPS map for Google works excellent in the USA & Europe using many devices where yahoo failed to even update as you drive. Testing was done using a Nokia E61. Current testing we are doing using a Nokia E51 are doing well on Google and IS NOT working on Yahoo because the Beta for one reason or another failed to support the E51 even though it is identical to the other supported Nokia Es. Yahoo needs to get its act together if it is to remain in the race. Good luck to both companies. Yahoo is not ready for the mobile deployment and their Beta needs major repairs. Google, however, has by far advanced into mobile applications and even the Beta products are usually better than Yahoo final products.

For example, the GPS map for Google works excellent in the USA & Europe using many devices where yahoo failed to even update as you drive. Testing was done using a Nokia E61.

Current testing we are doing using a Nokia E51 are doing well on Google and IS NOT working on Yahoo because the Beta for one reason or another failed to support the E51 even though it is identical to the other supported Nokia Es.

Yahoo needs to get its act together if it is to remain in the race.

Good luck to both companies.

]]> by: Carsten Brinkschulte http://blog.telecoms.com/2008/01/09/is-yahoo-ready-to-go-mobile/#comment-749 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:03:30 +0000 http://blog.telecoms.com/2008/01/09/is-yahoo-ready-to-go-mobile/#comment-749 Yahoo’s lack of support for open standards and homogenised user interface will throttle mass market device support says Synchronica's CEO. Yahoo claims that its platform will allow third party developers to write applications that will run on a wide variety of mobile devices. This is shortsighted claims Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica. He believes that a lack of a truly open platform and resistance from mobile handset manufacturers will severely restrict mass market adoption of mobile applications based on Yahoo’s “Go” platform. Synchronica is a pioneer of mobile email middleware based on open standards, which allow its applications to be used on all ordinary mobile phones. Therefore Brinkschulte has a deep understanding of the ecosystem of mobile handset manufacturers, operators and application vendors: “Once again we see a big vendor heralding an “open” mobile platform, which is in fact proprietary technology that does not support common industry standards such as push IMAP and SyncML,” comments Brinkschulte, “In addition, the Go mobile technology takes over the user interface of the device rather than working with the manufacturers’ firmware. Therefore, we believe that Yahoo ‘Go’ applications will receive only limited support from mobile handset manufacturers and this will severely restrict the number of consumers that can use the new applications” he says. Yahoo’s lack of support for open standards and homogenised user interface will throttle mass market device support says Synchronica’s CEO.

Yahoo claims that its platform will allow third party developers to write applications that will run on a wide variety of mobile devices. This is shortsighted claims Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica. He believes that a lack of a truly open platform and resistance from mobile handset manufacturers will severely restrict mass market adoption of mobile applications based on Yahoo’s “Go” platform.

Synchronica is a pioneer of mobile email middleware based on open standards, which allow its applications to be used on all ordinary mobile phones. Therefore Brinkschulte has a deep understanding of the ecosystem of mobile handset manufacturers, operators and application vendors:

“Once again we see a big vendor heralding an “open” mobile platform, which is in fact proprietary technology that does not support common industry standards such as push IMAP and SyncML,” comments Brinkschulte, “In addition, the Go mobile technology takes over the user interface of the device rather than working with the manufacturers’ firmware. Therefore, we believe that Yahoo ‘Go’ applications will receive only limited support from mobile handset manufacturers and this will severely restrict the number of consumers that can use the new applications” he says.

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