Moto and Yahoo show mobile podcasts
By Marc Perton 
posted Feb 17th 2006 2:05PM
posted Feb 17th 2006 2:05PM
Lest you think
Motorola is only working with Apple and Microsoft, the
company also made sure to demo the ability of its phones to work with the Yahoo this week at 3GSM. According to Moto,
an application that allows drag-and-drop downloading of podcasts via the Yahoo Music Engine may be made available for
use with a range of phones. Of course, given that most podcasts are available in MP3 format, and many recent Motorola
phones (not to mention those from other vendors) already support the standard, it's already possible to download
podcasts without Yahoo's help. But we assume Ed Zander needed to show Terry a little love -- and remind Steve and Bill
that he still has some other friends.
Does working with a number of companies increase your coolness? I think this would be good for Motorola when they bring out the Q. The Q could have iTunes, Msn software and Yahoo messenger. Wouldn't that just be great?
You know, after a while it all starts to sound like politics. It supports mp3, so leave it at that...
I've been watching Yahoo's recent moves in Mobile and following their new VP of Mobile's blog (Christian Lindholm), and Yahoo seems to be in a prime position to merge their Web 2.0 leadership (Flickr, Del.icio.us, etc) with Mobile, to reinvent the whole thing. We know it's not going to come from one of the old walled-garden carriers-- they're network builders, consumer marketing oriented, and know little to nothing about software and the new open, social Web paradigms that will drive mobile data. I think Yahoo's got a real chance to lead Mobile 2.0 if they can put these new pieces together. Apple's also one to watch this year...