
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has announced they will functionalize Yahoo! Go For Mobile for the BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry 7130 series and BlackBerry 8700 series. And that's just for starters.
This is being portrayed by both companies as another step in the service integration that has involved Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Search on BlackBerry.
Available today, the BlackBerry flavor of Yahoo! Go for Mobile includes several features. The companies say these include:
oneSearch, which recognizes the intent of a search term and presents relevant content - not just a list of web links to PC sites - on the results page. Results are grouped by subject making it easy to read through and drill down to get more details.
The Local & Maps widget, which gives users quick access to comprehensive local directory information for businesses across the US, enhanced with ratings and reviews from the millions-strong Yahoo! community. Interactive maps, driving directions and real time traffic updates help users find their way.
Current headlines and a breaking news ticker in the News, Sports, Entertainment, Weather and Finance widgets which keep consumers connected to the information that matters to them. Each widget also includes a "command center" where consumers can access more articles, use watchlists to track topics of interest - from sports teams to stocks to celebrities - or add new content from the millions of sources on the Web that publish in RSS.
Photo sharing, which keeps consumers connected to their community - The Flickr widget integrates one of the Web's most innovative and prolific photo-sharing communities, making it easy for BlackBerry users to easily access photos, view their friends' pictures and browse or search the millions of images posted by the Flickr community


1. Ugh! Beta already filled. I wanted to test this out on my Pearl, especially to see how well the Flickr and Maps features work. You can now sign up to be notified when the app is released. Oh well.
Posted at 1:09AM on Jan 29th 2007 by Creon