Yahoo! and Sprint Launch Enhanced Mobile E-Mail Service
Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:55 am
Yahoo! and Sprint today announced the launch of the first downloadable Yahoo! Mail client application that gives customers nationwide enhanced access to the industry-leading e-mail experience on mobile devices. The new Yahoo! Mail for Mobile client is available to consumers across the country now on select Sprint devices.
The new Yahoo! Mail for Mobile client application gives consumers fast and easy access to their Yahoo! Mail account through a PC-like interface on a mobile device. The service allows consumers with select Sprint PCS Vision handsets to sign into and manage their Yahoo! Mail account from their phone, including, easy message management and access to their Yahoo! Address Book.
The Yahoo! Mail client also gives Sprint customers storage for their e-mail on their handset, which means they can access their previously downloaded messages even when a data connection is not available. The service is $2.99 a month, and can be purchased directly from the handset and will be charged on their monthly wireless bill. An optional feature of the Yahoo! Mail client is instant notification of new messages - standard text messaging rates will apply.
Through Yahoo! Mobile, Yahoo! focuses on extending key Yahoo! services beyond the desktop, providing an integrated PC-to-Mobile experience and helping consumers make the most of the mobile environment. As the number of consumers using mobile data services continues to grow rapidly, Yahoo! has rolled out mobile extensions of key services including Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Photos and Yahoo! Search across multiple carriers. Today's announcement of a new client to access the award-winning Yahoo! Mail service promises to further enhance the mobile experience for tens of millions of loyal Yahoo! Mail users. For more information on the availability of services across carriers and devices go to http://mobile.yahoo.com .
Today, through the Sprint PCS Vision service, customers have access to Web-based e-mail service. With the launch of Yahoo! Mail for Mobile, Sprint is able to offer customers an enhanced e-mail application that will make it easier than ever for Sprint customers to stay connected with their friends and family. Yahoo! Mail for Mobile by Sprint will be initially available on the Samsung MM-A700, Sanyo MM-7400 and MM-5600, and Palm Treo 600 (CDMA) and Palm Treo 650 (CDMA).
Yahoo! and Sprint initially announced an agreement to offer Yahoo!'s content and services to Sprint PCS Wireless Web subscribers in June of 1999. Since then, the two companies have continued to launch new services such as the Yahoo! Mobile Photos and Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile client applications, mobile games such as Yahoo! Poker and the next generations of enhanced products such as Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Finance on Yahoo!'s Mobile Internet service.
