Yahoo oneConnect launched for iPhone

Yahoo on Wednesday announced it would offer oneConnect for the iPhone, with a preview version available for download from the iTunes App Store. Yahoo oneConnect allows users to integrate contacts, send SMS and Y!IM messages, connect to various social networking sites, and more. oneConnect supports Bebo, Dopplr, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Last.fm, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube. US and Canadian residents can download Yahoo oneConnect preview from iTunes for no charge.

"The iPhone has ignited and captured the imagination of what a mobile phone can do," said Marco Boerries, executive vice president of Yahoo! Connected Life. "The rich feature set of the iPhone enables the best way to experience oneConnect. The powerful combination of Yahoo! Blueprint, the mobile platform, and the iPhone SDK, was leveraged to create this unique experience of oneConnect for millions of iPhone users."

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