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29th April 2005 - Nokia and Yahoo! announced an agreement
that allows millions of Nokia smartphone users to stay
informed, entertained and in touch through Yahoo!'s
rapidly developing internet services. Yahoo! data communications
services such as e-mail, Yahoo! entertainment services
such as ring tones, wallpapers and downloadable games
and Yahoo! Search for Mobile, will be the first set
of services available through Nokia devices based on
Series 60, the industry-leading smartphone platform.
"Access to information, entertainment and the ability
to stay in touch when and where you want is at the heart
of our vision of a mobile connected life," said
Harry Santamäki, Vice President, Strategy and Business
Development, Nokia Multimedia. "Our agreement with
Yahoo! is a progressive step in facilitating the adoption
of an online lifestyle: we are providing consumers with
a familiar way of accessing the internet and Yahoo!
email through their mobile devices, with the added convenience
of content downloads on the go."
Juha Varelius, VP & MD of Yahoo! Mobile said: "With
consumers' lives across the world becoming increasingly
centered around mobile communications, this new international
relationship between Yahoo! and Nokia is a great way
for people to have the Yahoo! internet experience on
their Nokia phone and benefit from a range of essential
services on the go."
Nokia is the first handset manufacturer with Symbian-based
products to distribute Yahoo! services for consumers
in such a large number of European and Asian markets,
including Australia, China, France, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Spain and the
United Kingdom. The first Nokia devices with Yahoo!
internet services are the Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681 and
the Nokia 6630. More devices will be announced on April
27. The existing Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681 and Nokia 6630
owners will be able to download similar applications
over-the-air in the same markets starting from the second
half of 2005.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is one of the largest Internet brand globally
and the most trafficked internet destination worldwide.
Yahoo! provides online products and services essential
to consumers' lives, and offers a full range of tools
and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with
internet users around the world. Yahoo! is headquartered
in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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