Nokia and Yahoo! team up for mobile offering

Nokia is planning on offering up email and instant messaging from Yahoo! on its mobile phones. The new plan will see three Nokia models having the ability to accept Yahoo! mail and chats on Yahoo! Messenger, along with the ability to sync Yahoo! contacts, tasks and calendar items. What does it mean for both companies? Nokia is the top mobile manufacturer worldwide, but still has some ground to cover in the US. Yahoo! will be seen as a market leader in the mobile email sector since emailing from phones will be a giant must-have for consumers in the coming year. Having their service preinstalled on Nokia devices will help push their technology to the forefront of consumer's minds.

I have been trying out the Gmail for mobile phones application on a Motorola RAZR for quite some time now, and I think I would be lost if I was unable to check email while on the go with such a quick and easy application. I hope Yahoo!'s is this easy.

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