Yahoo! oneConnect - The next BIG thing
Its not the usual stuff which comes out from the Yahoo! camp, this ones a killer. It is a mobile product with an open architecture with support for communication tools like email, instant messaging, text messaging & more.
In simple words, Y! oneConnect is a mobile application which will enable users to access their mail (Y! Mail, Hotmail, Gmail, AOL & others), IM (Y! messenger, Google talk, AIM, MSN). The open API’s will make way for integrating these services into Y! oneConnect.
Few of the features announced are:
- Socially connected address book - Will enable integration of the popular social networking services like Facebook, Friendster, MySpace, hi5, Bebo & more.
- Mobile messaging - IM & SMS integration of popular services like Y! Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, etc.
- Status - Get updates from your friends in real time from all the social networking sites.
- Contact card - Create customized cards and select the information like who & what will be shown in the card.
- Location sensing - Exchange information with nearby Y! oneConnect users. Proximity alerts will notify when a contact enters their vicinity.
Status update is my favorite as it allows to select the list of services & update the status on all of them at one go. See screen shot below.
oneConnect is expected to hit the market in Q2 ‘08. That’s all what I can recall from what I read.
Check for latest updates at the Y! oneConnect site.