Yahoo! Dropping Blackberry App Development For iPhone, Web Apps

Edward Kirk · May 19th, 2009, 04:15 PM

Yahoo! has announced that they are dropping development of their Blackberry app to focus on native iPhone app development and web applications for other handsets. The move is an attempt to restructure in a way they think will be more effective.

"We are reprioritizing some products to help us better deliver the best possible experiences to consumers on mobile," the company said in the email to applications. "To streamline our services, we will not develop Yahoo! Mobile for smartphones to focus our efforts on mobilizing Yahoo!, improving Yahoo! Mobile for web and Yahoo! Mobile for iPhone as well as developing new and engaging experiences for consumers, partners and advertisers."

"We are embracing both, apps and browser. We as Yahoo are all about ubiquity," Taggart said. "We have a renewed appreciation for the browser because they are getting materially better, but you can always do more with an app on your phone. In the immediate time frame you will see a lot more standalone vertical apps coming out of Yahoo."

[via Apple Insider]

tchaves · May 19th, 2009, 04:47 PM #2

Ouch. That definitely hurts RIM. iPhone doesn't have a complete monopoly on the app market, but it's close.

madscientest · **Web Apps?** - May 20th, 2009, 02:05 PM #3

I thought web apps died off with the dinosaurs! Useless little critters, just like mosquitoes!

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Yahoo! Dropping Blackberry App Development For iPhone, Web Apps - May 19th, 2009, 04:15 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> Yahoo! has announced that they are dropping development of their Blackberry app to focus on native iPhone app development and web applications for other handsets. The move is an attempt to restructure in a way they think will be more effective. "We are reprioritizing some products to help us better deliver the best possible experiences to consumers on mobile," the company said in the email to applications. "To streamline our services, we will not develop Yahoo! Mobile for smartphones to focus our efforts on mobilizing Yahoo!, improving Yahoo! Mobile for web and Yahoo! Mobile for iPhone as well as developing new and engaging experiences for consumers, partners and advertisers." "We are embracing both, apps and browser. We as Yahoo are all about ubiquity," Taggart said. "We have a renewed appreciation for the browser because they are getting materially better, but you can always do more with an app on your phone. In the immediate time frame you will see a lot more standalone vertical apps coming out of Yahoo." [via Apple Insider] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

tchaves New Recruit Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	May 19th, 2009, 04:47 PM #2
	Ouch. That definitely hurts RIM. iPhone doesn't have a complete monopoly on the app market, but it's close.

madscientest Rocks the Board Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: CA Posts: 294 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Web Apps? - May 20th, 2009, 02:05 PM #3
	I thought web apps died off with the dinosaurs! Useless little critters, just like mosquitoes!