Yahoo! Go 2.0 today launched in the United States and has gone beta in 13 countries. The 2.0 technology is designed to enhance the mobile Internet.
“People want easy access to the Internet on their mobile phones (and) we believe that Yahoo! Go will be a catalyst for broader adoption of the mobile Internet,” said Marco Boerries, executive vice president of Yahoo’s Connected Life Division.
The beta versions, now in such countries as France, Canada, United Kingdom and India, include the same functionality as the U.S. version.
By the end of July, Yahoo! Go will be supported by more than 200 different mobile phones. Yahoo! expects to expand that to 400 before the end of 2007.
I’ve actually be looking forward to this launching and was very disappointment this morning when I went to the site only to find that my Motorola Q still shows Coming Soon.
From what I could tell they are only supporting Java phones. All of the Windows Mobile phones on all carriers show Coming Soon. Ah well.
Comment by brs — June 22, 2007 @ 8:17 am
I too call BS on this “launch”. Y! claims that by the end of July it’ll be available on 200 phones, but as of now, I count 23, of which 10 are the various permutations in the Blackberry 8700 series. Lame.
Comment by Fred — June 22, 2007 @ 8:52 am
Yahoo gamma 2.0 was supposed to be released for WM in April, but after repeatedly checking the site it kept on showing coming soon, and eventually was never released. Who knows the full version might not show up till next year, quite disappointing though.
Comment by Ed — June 22, 2007 @ 10:04 am
Yet another hype! Agree with above comments.
Comment by anon — June 22, 2007 @ 10:29 am
“The new Yahoo! Go 2.0 should be available for your Nokia E70 in 3 weeks or less.”
Looks like Symbian S60v3 isn’t out of beta (gamma?) yet.
I wonder if Symbian Signed has anything to do with the delay.
Comment by notpeter — June 24, 2007 @ 7:18 pm