Rumoured Nokia and Yahoo alliance confirmed

So I guess Yahoo will finally build that Yahoo Messenger for Symbian app? It’s too late.

I don’t think so… Yahoo are powering the service with the ‘back end’ but Nokia will still produce the mobile clients as now. I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that it’s not technology that Yahoo are bringing to this deal, but more of that in a post…

Hm, but what good would the Yahoo name do to Nokia’s business?

Maybe Ovi using Yahoo’s email interface and integration facilities. That means you’ll be able to add Ovi contacts to Yahoo Messenger on top of your Yahoo AND Microsoft Live contacts. Interesting.

So I guess Yahoo will finally build that Yahoo Messenger for Symbian app? It's too late.

So I guess Yahoo will finally build that Yahoo Messenger for Symbian app? It's too late.

I don't think so… Yahoo are powering the service with the 'back end' but Nokia will still produce the mobile clients as now. I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that it's not technology that Yahoo are bringing to this deal, but more of that in a post…

I don't think so… Yahoo are powering the service with the 'back end' but Nokia will still produce the mobile clients as now. I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that it's not technology that Yahoo are bringing to this deal, but more of that in a post…

Hm, but what good would the Yahoo name do to Nokia's business? Maybe Ovi using Yahoo's email interface and integration facilities. That means you'll be able to add Ovi contacts to Yahoo Messenger on top of your Yahoo AND Microsoft Live contacts. Interesting.

Hm, but what good would the Yahoo name do to Nokia's business?

Maybe Ovi using Yahoo's email interface and integration facilities. That means you'll be able to add Ovi contacts to Yahoo Messenger on top of your Yahoo AND Microsoft Live contacts. Interesting.

Very impressed. The web isn’t what it was 10 years’ ago and the internet isn’t what it was 20 years’ ago. The web is gaining a lot of implicit structure as it transitions from being an information repository towards service oriented information (yada yada yada).

Apple has gone down the App path to curate the mobile data experience but that isn’t going to work for everyone as it really kills flexibility because the initial curating is client side and the power of the internet is on the server side. WebOS came close to cracking it but the hardware sucked and Palm had no fully curated back-end (the app store problems were a distraction given the design philosophy of the OS).

Nokia, with a real and monstrous backend service oriented internet provider, will put a killer, curated mobile experience into every users’ pocket. Remember that Yahoo! started out as a curated search engine as opposed to Johnny-come-lately Google’s algorithmic search. For a mobile experience for news, finance, Q&A, maps, reviews, storage, email, blogs etc in a post Web2.0 world this could be big.

Nokia is nothing in North America but in Asia, South America and Africa it is the Bees’ Knees. The growth potential for Yahoo getting out of a very wealthy but no-growth market such as the US and putting its services into the pockets of billions of people in all of these emerging economies would make my legs go weak. Further, Nokia gets a depth of content on its devices backed by a seriously trusted brand with a history of delivering focused, useful stuff… Yeah, the third world may be poor but I would prefer to be selling a lot of not much to billions than get crushed at the top end of the consolidating US market.

That last paragraph is spot on…

Yes – I think that’s the idea… That and the truck-load of users that Yahoo still has that need to be ‘mobilised’.

Very impressed. The web isn't what it was 10 years' ago and the internet isn't what it was 20 years' ago. The web is gaining a lot of implicit structure as it transitions from being an information repository towards service oriented information (yada yada yada).Apple has gone down the App path to curate the mobile data experience but that isn't going to work for everyone as it really kills flexibility because the initial curating is client side and the power of the internet is on the server side. WebOS came close to cracking it but the hardware sucked and Palm had no fully curated back-end (the app store problems were a distraction given the design philosophy of the OS).Nokia, with a real and monstrous backend service oriented internet provider, will put a killer, curated mobile experience into every users' pocket. Remember that Yahoo! started out as a curated search engine as opposed to Johnny-come-lately Google's algorithmic search. For a mobile experience for news, finance, Q&A, maps, reviews, storage, email, blogs etc in a post Web2.0 world this could be big.Nokia is nothing in North America but in Asia, South America and Africa it is the Bees' Knees. The growth potential for Yahoo getting out of a very wealthy but no-growth market such as the US and putting its services into the pockets of billions of people in all of these emerging economies would make my legs go weak. Further, Nokia gets a depth of content on its devices backed by a seriously trusted brand with a history of delivering focused, useful stuff… Yeah, the third world may be poor but I would prefer to be selling a lot of not much to billions than get crushed at the top end of the consolidating US market.

Very impressed. The web isn't what it was 10 years' ago and the internet isn't what it was 20 years' ago. The web is gaining a lot of implicit structure as it transitions from being an information repository towards service oriented information (yada yada yada).

Apple has gone down the App path to curate the mobile data experience but that isn't going to work for everyone as it really kills flexibility because the initial curating is client side and the power of the internet is on the server side. WebOS came close to cracking it but the hardware sucked and Palm had no fully curated back-end (the app store problems were a distraction given the design philosophy of the OS).

Nokia, with a real and monstrous backend service oriented internet provider, will put a killer, curated mobile experience into every users' pocket. Remember that Yahoo! started out as a curated search engine as opposed to Johnny-come-lately Google's algorithmic search. For a mobile experience for news, finance, Q&A, maps, reviews, storage, email, blogs etc in a post Web2.0 world this could be big.

Nokia is nothing in North America but in Asia, South America and Africa it is the Bees' Knees. The growth potential for Yahoo getting out of a very wealthy but no-growth market such as the US and putting its services into the pockets of billions of people in all of these emerging economies would make my legs go weak. Further, Nokia gets a depth of content on its devices backed by a seriously trusted brand with a history of delivering focused, useful stuff… Yeah, the third world may be poor but I would prefer to be selling a lot of not much to billions than get crushed at the top end of the consolidating US market.

That last paragraph is spot on…

Yes – I think that's the idea… That and the truck-load of users that Yahoo still has that need to be 'mobilised'.

Yes – I think that's the idea… That and the truck-load of users that Yahoo still has that need to be 'mobilised'.

That last paragraph is spot on…