United States internet search portal Yahoo! has teamed with Canada’s Research In Motion (RIM) to make its services available on BlackBerry handheld devices, the companies announced on Wednesday.
Yahoo! e-mail, searches and content will be available to BlackBerry users as a result of a “strategic global alliance”, according to the companies.
“Together with [Research In Motion] we can make it easy for the millions of BlackBerry users to have access to their favorite Yahoo! products and services on the go,” said Marco Boerries, senior vice-president of Connected Life at Yahoo.
Information about availability of “Yahoo! Go for Mobile” will be posted on the Yahoo! and BlackBerry websites, representatives said. Yahoo! is based in Sunnyvale, California.
“We are pleased to expand our relationship with Yahoo! to provide BlackBerry customers with new and enhanced access to Yahoo! services around the world,” said Jim Balsillie, chairperson of BlackBerry-maker RIM.
“Our collaboration with Yahoo will deliver increasingly rich content and services, including enhanced support for Yahoo! Mail, to BlackBerry customers in over sixty countries.” – AFP