Yahoo to release Android phone in Japan

[aradhakr84]

This indeed sounds strange as Yahoo is Google's competitor in search engine space. How is this possible :huh:

This is big for Google as even Yahoo is jumping on Android bandwagon.

Link: Yahoo launching an Android phone in Japan - GSMArena.com news

"Yahoo is launching an Android based smartphone in Japan on the country’s third biggest mobile operator, SoftBank.

Yes, as strange as it sounds, Yahoo is launching a phone running Android, an OS made by Yahoo’s biggest competitor in the search engine space. Having said that, Yahoo is a lot more popular in Japan and in fact it is the biggest site in the country.

As for the phone, it will be manufactured by Sharp and will have a 4-inch LCD with qHD resolution, Android 2.3, 8 megapixel camera with a CMOS sensor, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, microSDHC card slot, a built-in digital TV tuner, an e-wallet function and infrared communications.

The phone will come with some of Yahoo’s apps pre-installed, such as Yahoo Japan Home, Yahoo Japan Auctions, Yahoo Luco, etc. The Yahoo phone will start selling late next month in Japan"

 

[Superbad]

Yahoo has decent enough stake in google.
So its not surprising.

 

[thegame]

The device will feature a 4" LCD screen, 8 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, and microSD card slot. The Yahoo! Phone will run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and will feature a built-in digital TV tuner. Yeah, that'll be a TV phone. Well, if these Japs can fit a Sumo in Honda car, a TV in a mobile is no sweat either.

Yahoo! Phone To Hit Japan

 

[amitkher]

In the US, there are Verizon Android phones sold that have Bing as search engine instead of Google. So Google makes absolutely zero from those phones, not even search traffic.

Yahoo might be doing a similar thing to those phones - sending search traffic to Yahoo. Even though they use the same engine as Bing, I guess ad revenues go to Yahoo if search is on Yahoo.