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Tue 09 Jan, 2007


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Yahoo and Motorola announced they have teamed up to <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"put the Internet in your pocket,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> as the battle between rival search engines went mobile at the world's largest electronics show in Las Vegas.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Yahoo Connected Life vice president Marco Boerries joined Motorola president Ed Zander to unveil mobile telephones that <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"bring the Internet to your phone,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> not the other way around,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> on the stage of a casino ballroom here.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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A beta version of the Yahoo Go 2.0 software could be downloaded as of Monday from the Sunnyvale,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> California,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> company's website for compatible mobile telephones already on the market,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Boerries said.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Boerries expected over 400 mobile telephone models to be compatible with Yahoo Go by the end of the year.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Zander showed off new Motorola mobile telephones that will have the software built in and a one-click access design for easily connecting to the Internet.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"I've been using it,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Zander told reporters at the press conference.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"I'm a convert.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Yahoo has formed alliances with mobile telephone service carriers around the world to use the <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"oneSearch"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> service to make using the Internet on the move as easy as working from a desktop computer,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Boerries said.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"Yahoo oneSearch changes the mobile search game by fundamentally improving the way consumers'<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> access and use the Internet on their mobile phones,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> he said.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The devices are designed to detect users'<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> locations and provide local information ranging from weather reports to business and events listings along with other search results.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Users could also share videos or photos as they normally would on social networking websites,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> according to Boerries.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"It is truly the Internet in your pocket,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Boerries said.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"For the first time,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> the Internet now fits your phone.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> For the past ten years the Internet has been squished onto the phone.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Search titan Google and South Korean electronics giant Samsung also used the Consumer Electronics Show to announce a similar alliance on Monday.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Samsung mobile telephones equipped with Google software applications will enable users worldwide to search the Internet,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> check e-mail,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> and map routes,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> according to the companies.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The mobile telephones will be designed with a Google icon on the option menu to allow a single click connection to Google search,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> G-mail,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> and maps,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> the Mountain View,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> California,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> search colossus said.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Samsung has already launched,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> the Ultra Edition 13.8,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> a combined camera mobile telephone with Google mobile search and G-mail.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Samsung's alliance with Google represents a commitment to <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"a ubiquitous world where mobile enables our consumers to access information about anything,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> anywhere,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> anytime,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> the president of Samsung's Telecommunication Network Business,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Kitae Lee,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> said in a statement