Comments on: The real story of Yahoo! Go http://www.scottgatz.com/2006/01/09/the-real-story-of-yahoo-go/ I learn something new every day Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tara K http://www.scottgatz.com/2006/01/09/the-real-story-of-yahoo-go/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Tara K Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:22:43 +0000 http://www.scottgatz.com/blog/2006/01/09/the-real-story-of-yahoo-go/#comment-313 Scott, I mentioned this to David R on the commute in today, that I was really craving product info and not seeing enough of it in the blogosphere to whet my appetite. Thanks! Scott, I mentioned this to David R on the commute in today, that I was really craving product info and not seeing enough of it in the blogosphere to whet my appetite. Thanks!

]]> By: Alan jones http://www.scottgatz.com/2006/01/09/the-real-story-of-yahoo-go/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Alan jones Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:58:21 +0000 http://www.scottgatz.com/blog/2006/01/09/the-real-story-of-yahoo-go/#comment-309 Hey Scott, longtime no nod. I was excited about the Y! Go announcement too, seems like something we all started talking about at Y! back in 99 or so, so great to see it coming to fruition. Someone from Y! AUNZ demoed it for me the other day, and it does truly look and work beautifully - very shiny interface and also functional. But surely limiting it to a small number of latest-gen Nokia handsets is a major barrier to success? It's disappointing to see Y! choose window dressing over wide client support on this one. Y! Go is cool, but it's not what consumers are crying out for, and it's not a benefit simple enough that a phone store sales rep can use it to influence a sale. In other words, I don't think anybody's going to buy an N series just to get Y! Go unless they also have a Y! or Nokia employee ID badge. I can already automagically share my calendar, contacts and notes with my handset, laptop and online storage via Apple's iSync. Granted, I do need to have the phone and the laptop within bluetooth range for it to happen, but it's automagical, smooth and troublefree. And it works on about 250 handsets out there. True, you do need to use a Mac, not a PC... Cheers, - alan Hey Scott, longtime no nod. I was excited about the Y! Go announcement too, seems like something we all started talking about at Y! back in 99 or so, so great to see it coming to fruition.

Someone from Y! AUNZ demoed it for me the other day, and it does truly look and work beautifully – very shiny interface and also functional.

But surely limiting it to a small number of latest-gen Nokia handsets is a major barrier to success? It’s disappointing to see Y! choose window dressing over wide client support on this one. Y! Go is cool, but it’s not what consumers are crying out for, and it’s not a benefit simple enough that a phone store sales rep can use it to influence a sale. In other words, I don’t think anybody’s going to buy an N series just to get Y! Go unless they also have a Y! or Nokia employee ID badge.

I can already automagically share my calendar, contacts and notes with my handset, laptop and online storage via Apple’s iSync. Granted, I do need to have the phone and the laptop within bluetooth range for it to happen, but it’s automagical, smooth and troublefree. And it works on about 250 handsets out there. True, you do need to use a Mac, not a PC…

Cheers,

- alan

]]> By: Benjamin Garrett http://www.scottgatz.com/2006/01/09/the-real-story-of-yahoo-go/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Benjamin Garrett Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:59:10 +0000 http://www.scottgatz.com/blog/2006/01/09/the-real-story-of-yahoo-go/#comment-308 Is it only for nokia series 60? Yahoo! Go is much better than releasing a software installer, like the big G. Is it only for nokia series 60?

Yahoo! Go is much better than releasing a software installer, like the big G.

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