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RIM and Yahoo! Bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to BlackBerry Users, Expanding Global Relationship
RIM and Yahoo! Bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to BlackBerry Users, Expanding Global Relationship.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLAS VEGAS, January 8 /CNW/ - Research In Motion (RIM)\n(Nasdaq:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) have expanded their\nstrategic global alliance to bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to millions of\nBlackBerry(R) users around the world. Starting today, users worldwide can\ndownload and enjoy the beta version of Yahoo! Go 2.0 on select handsets\nincluding the BlackBerry(R) 8700 Series, BlackBerry(R) 7130 Series and\nBlackBerry(R) Pearl(TM). The companies also plan to make Yahoo! Go 2.0\navailable for future BlackBerry handsets and develop even tighter integration\nbetween it and the BlackBerry platform.\n\n\n\"Our relationship with Yahoo! continues to grow and to benefit mobile\nusers that want to access Yahoo!'s popular services via the industry leading\nBlackBerry platform,\" said Jim Balsillie, chairman and co-CEO of Research In\nMotion. \"Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger on BlackBerry handsets deliver an\nexceptional experience that is representative of our strong relationship. We\nare pleased to be working with Yahoo! to bring new services through Yahoo! Go\n2.0 to BlackBerry users around the world.\"\n\n\nRIM and Yahoo! first announced their relationship to bring Yahoo!'s\ninnovative services to BlackBerry users in early 2005. Since then, the\ncompanies have launched several Yahoo! services including Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo!\nMessenger and Yahoo! Search.\n\n\n\"We have optimized Yahoo! Go 2.0 for BlackBerry and believe we have\ncreated an unmatched mobile Internet experience on their handsets,\" said Marco\nBoerries, senior vice president of connected life, Yahoo!. \"Together, Yahoo!\nand RIM have already successfully launched Yahoo! services to BlackBerry users\nthrough more than 120 mobile operators in almost 60 countries, and with\ntoday's launch we are continuing to make it easy for people to stay connected\nto what's important to them.\"\n\n\nThe Yahoo! Go 2.0 beta is an innovative new application that redefines\nthe mobile Internet experience for users through a unique product design,\nability to personalize with content from the entire Internet and a reinvention\nof mobile search. Key features of Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 for BlackBerry\nusers include:\n\n\n-- Search reinvented for mobile users -- oneSearch recognizes the intent\nof a search term and presents relevant content -- not just a list of web links\n...