Introducing the New Yahoo! Mobile App

This is not your average Yahoo! Mobile app, this is a new and improved all in one app.  Yahoo! is looking to claim the title for the best and easiest to use “more than a search engine” mobile client. Marco Boerries, exectutive vice President of Yahoo! Inc. said this about it:

“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.”

The new Yahoo! Mobile app is expected to launch starting March 2009 through May.  Here are the exciting features that the new Yahoo! Mobile app will offer:

• Yahoo! oneSearch (with voice search)- Yahoo!’s award-winning mobile search service providing the most current, relevant answers you need.
• Today – The most interesting stories buzzing on the Internet right now, selected by Yahoo!’s editorial team.
• Email – Access to Yahoo! Mail and other popular email service providers, including Gmail®, Windows Live™ Hotmail and AOL® Mail.
• Pulse – Access to their social networks, including Bebo®, Dopplr™, Facebook®, Flickr®, Friendster®, Last.fm®, MySpace®, Twitter™ and YouTube™.
• Yahoo! Messenger – An upgraded version of Yahoo!’s popular mobile instant messaging service.
• Yahoo! Address book – Keeps consumers’ contacts always handy and in sync
• Yahoo! Calendar – View, add and edit appointments when users are away from their PCs.
• Yahoo! News – breaking headlines across popular topics.
• Yahoo! onePlace – Access and manage your favorite content, all from one location. Its “Add Anything” functionality is a simple-to-use search and browse process that helps users find and add what they want. Consumers can add their favorite interests from a growing selection of popular categories including news topics and sources, RSS feeds, weather conditions, sports scores, stock quotes, websites/blogs, horoscopes and movie theaters.
• Maps – Powerful improved tools that let consumers locate, learn about and get directions to points of interest.
• Browser – integrated Opera Mini
• Widgets – Enhanced mobile-optimized experiences for services from Yahoo! and other brands. Users can browse, add and remove these at anytime according to their tastes.

Eat your heart out Google, time for a new mobile client.

via Businesswire.com