iThink - 9:26 pm on Feb 18, 2009 (gmt 0)

If you own the G1 or the Iphone...

Android/G1 and iphones are not very popular is Asia, which is a big and fast growing market. For example, iPhone is still not available in China through official channels because Apple still doesn't have a tie-up with a Chinese telco and China is the biggest cellphone market in the world. Only a few thousand iPhones have been sold through official channels in India since launch last year because of the very high cost of these handsets. AFAIK, G1 is still not available here in India, which is the second biggest mobile market in the world.

On the other hand likes of Nokia N-series handsets, new Nokia 5800 and Nokia E-series handsets are very popular over here in India and all over Asia. These handsets are used by a large number of people, including me, for email as well as for general browsing while on the move. Its seems that Yahoo is aware that there are a lot of untapped customers outside the USA and hence this is the right move. I hope that Yahoo mobile will work well with these smartphones and hence take some market share away from Google.