12 February 2008
Yahoo! accounces oneConnect at 3GSM
Posted by Ryan Sarver under: Mobile; Technology .
Today Yahoo! announced a product called oneConnect at the MWC (formerly 3GSM).
oneConnect looks to be an interesting app that is part social aggregator and part unified messaging. Its a little frustrating however that another “launch” really only consists of a few screenshots and a description in a press release. It looks to be really promising but success is 90% about the execution and screenshots and a fancy press release don’t cut it.They also mention use of a user’s geolocation as context for connecting users, but they dont mention how they are managing those connections, accuracy, privacy, permissions, etc. Maybe FireEagle? … probably too early.
I like the guys over at the Yahoo! Connected Life group, so here is hoping that they can bring this to fruition and its not analogous to Ford demoing a great concept car only to launch the Ford Fusion when it comes time for production.
