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Apple has based a superb deal of its iPhone four marketing blitz around its so-called FaceTime movie calling technology.

But Yahoo is about to challenge Apple for the mobile movie calling crown, with plans to brings movie talk to iPhones and Android-based phones via its popular Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service.

During a briefing with Reuters on Thursday, David Katz, Yahoo’s VP of Mobile for the Americas region, let it slip that the company will soon be suggesting mobile app versions of Yahoo Messenger with built-in movie calling capabilities.

Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced that its fresh 4G myTouch smartphone would come with a built-in Yahoo app for movie calling. But the availability of standalone movie talk apps for a broader set of camera-equipped smartphones could position Yahoo to play a much fatter role in the mobile market.

The free app, will be available for both iPhone and Android phones and will permit smartphone users to not only conduct movie calls with each other, but with anyone that presently uses Yahoo Messenger for movie calls on their PCs, Katz said (Messenger has eighty one million users worldwide, according to Yahoo).

And unlike FaceTime, Yahoo’s mobile Messenger movie calling app will work not only over a WiFi connection, but over a carrier’s standard wireless network.

Movie calling on the iPhone has proven to be a soft matter. Skype inexplicably does not suggest a movie calling capability on its iPhone app, even tho’ movie calls are one of its most popular features among people who use Skype on their PCs.

And some people have speculated that Apple’s policy of restricting FaceTime use to WiFi-only is intended to prevent a flood of bandwidth-heavy movie traffic from breathtaking AT&T’s already strained wireless network.

So it should be interesting to see how Apple reacts to a third-party app that effectively circumvents the company’s own treatment to movie calling.

A Yahoo spokesperson, reached after the briefing, said he believed that the iPhone app has already been approved by Apple (See update) and that it would be would be available “soon.”

Apple did not come back a request for comment. (See update).

UPDATE: It’s worth noting that there are a duo of iPhone apps that permit movie calling over both WiFi and wireless networks — Fring and Tango. Of course, neither of these apps have the level of mass-market brand recognition of Yahoo, and their influence on a wireless network is very likely not in the same league.

UPDATE Two: A Yahoo spokesperson clarified that the iPhone app has not yet been approved.

UPDATE Trio: Apple said in a statement: “We do permit apps on the App Store that support movie calling on WiFi and 3G networks.”

Fresh Yahoo app to challenge Apple FaceTime on iPhone

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Apple has based a excellent deal of its iPhone four marketing blitz around its so-called FaceTime movie calling technology.

But Yahoo is about to challenge Apple for the mobile movie calling crown, with plans to brings movie talk to iPhones and Android-based phones via its popular Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service.

During a briefing with Reuters on Thursday, David Katz, Yahoo’s VP of Mobile for the Americas region, let it slip that the company will soon be suggesting mobile app versions of Yahoo Messenger with built-in movie calling capabilities.

Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced that its fresh 4G myTouch smartphone would come with a built-in Yahoo app for movie calling. But the availability of standalone movie talk apps for a broader set of camera-equipped smartphones could position Yahoo to play a much thicker role in the mobile market.

The free app, will be available for both iPhone and Android phones and will permit smartphone users to not only conduct movie calls with each other, but with anyone that presently uses Yahoo Messenger for movie calls on their PCs, Katz said (Messenger has eighty one million users worldwide, according to Yahoo).

And unlike FaceTime, Yahoo’s mobile Messenger movie calling app will work not only over a WiFi connection, but over a carrier’s standard wireless network.

Movie calling on the iPhone has proven to be a fragile matter. Skype inexplicably does not suggest a movie calling capability on its iPhone app, even however movie calls are one of its most popular features among people who use Skype on their PCs.

And some people have speculated that Apple’s policy of restricting FaceTime use to WiFi-only is intended to prevent a flood of bandwidth-heavy movie traffic from tremendous AT&T’s already strained wireless network.

So it should be interesting to see how Apple reacts to a third-party app that effectively circumvents the company’s own treatment to movie calling.

A Yahoo spokesperson, reached after the briefing, said he believed that the iPhone app has already been approved by Apple (See update) and that it would be would be available “soon.”

Apple did not comeback a request for comment. (See update).

UPDATE: It’s worth noting that there are a duo of iPhone apps that permit movie calling over both WiFi and wireless networks — Fring and Tango. Of course, neither of these apps have the level of mass-market brand recognition of Yahoo, and their influence on a wireless network is most likely not in the same league.

UPDATE Two: A Yahoo spokesperson clarified that the iPhone app has not yet been approved.

UPDATE Three: Apple said in a statement: “We do permit apps on the App Store that support movie calling on WiFi and 3G networks.”

Fresh Yahoo app to challenge Apple FaceTime on iPhone

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Apple has based a good deal of its iPhone four marketing blitz around its so-called FaceTime movie calling technology.

But Yahoo is about to challenge Apple for the mobile movie calling crown, with plans to brings movie talk to iPhones and Android-based phones via its popular Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service.

During a briefing with Reuters on Thursday, David Katz, Yahoo’s VP of Mobile for the Americas region, let it slip that the company will soon be suggesting mobile app versions of Yahoo Messenger with built-in movie calling capabilities.

Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced that its fresh 4G myTouch smartphone would come with a built-in Yahoo app for movie calling. But the availability of standalone movie talk apps for a broader set of camera-equipped smartphones could position Yahoo to play a much thicker role in the mobile market.

The free app, will be available for both iPhone and Android phones and will permit smartphone users to not only conduct movie calls with each other, but with anyone that presently uses Yahoo Messenger for movie calls on their PCs, Katz said (Messenger has eighty one million users worldwide, according to Yahoo).

And unlike FaceTime, Yahoo’s mobile Messenger movie calling app will work not only over a WiFi connection, but over a carrier’s standard wireless network.

Movie calling on the iPhone has proven to be a sensitive matter. Skype inexplicably does not suggest a movie calling capability on its iPhone app, even however movie calls are one of its most popular features among people who use Skype on their PCs.

And some people have speculated that Apple’s policy of restricting FaceTime use to WiFi-only is intended to prevent a flood of bandwidth-heavy movie traffic from tremendous AT&T’s already strained wireless network.

So it should be interesting to see how Apple reacts to a third-party app that effectively circumvents the company’s own treatment to movie calling.

A Yahoo spokesperson, reached after the briefing, said he believed that the iPhone app has already been approved by Apple (See update) and that it would be would be available “soon.”

Apple did not comeback a request for comment. (See update).

UPDATE: It’s worth noting that there are a duo of iPhone apps that permit movie calling over both WiFi and wireless networks — Fring and Tango. Of course, neither of these apps have the level of mass-market brand recognition of Yahoo, and their influence on a wireless network is most likely not in the same league.

UPDATE Two: A Yahoo spokesperson clarified that the iPhone app has not yet been approved.

UPDATE Trio: Apple said in a statement: “We do permit apps on the App Store that support movie calling on WiFi and 3G networks.”

Fresh Yahoo app to challenge Apple FaceTime on iPhone

Без кейворда

Apple has based a superb deal of its iPhone four marketing blitz around its so-called FaceTime movie calling technology.

But Yahoo is about to challenge Apple for the mobile movie calling crown, with plans to brings movie talk to iPhones and Android-based phones via its popular Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service.

During a briefing with Reuters on Thursday, David Katz, Yahoo’s VP of Mobile for the Americas region, let it slip that the company will soon be suggesting mobile app versions of Yahoo Messenger with built-in movie calling capabilities.

Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced that its fresh 4G myTouch smartphone would come with a built-in Yahoo app for movie calling. But the availability of standalone movie talk apps for a broader set of camera-equipped smartphones could position Yahoo to play a much thicker role in the mobile market.

The free app, will be available for both iPhone and Android phones and will permit smartphone users to not only conduct movie calls with each other, but with anyone that presently uses Yahoo Messenger for movie calls on their PCs, Katz said (Messenger has eighty one million users worldwide, according to Yahoo).

And unlike FaceTime, Yahoo’s mobile Messenger movie calling app will work not only over a WiFi connection, but over a carrier’s standard wireless network.

Movie calling on the iPhone has proven to be a fragile matter. Skype inexplicably does not suggest a movie calling capability on its iPhone app, even tho’ movie calls are one of its most popular features among people who use Skype on their PCs.

And some people have speculated that Apple’s policy of restricting FaceTime use to WiFi-only is intended to prevent a flood of bandwidth-heavy movie traffic from breathtaking AT&T’s already strained wireless network.

So it should be interesting to see how Apple reacts to a third-party app that effectively circumvents the company’s own treatment to movie calling.

A Yahoo spokesperson, reached after the briefing, said he believed that the iPhone app has already been approved by Apple (See update) and that it would be would be available “soon.”

Apple did not comeback a request for comment. (See update).

UPDATE: It’s worth noting that there are a duo of iPhone apps that permit movie calling over both WiFi and wireless networks — Fring and Tango. Of course, neither of these apps have the level of mass-market brand recognition of Yahoo, and their influence on a wireless network is very likely not in the same league.

UPDATE Two: A Yahoo spokesperson clarified that the iPhone app has not yet been approved.

UPDATE Trio: Apple said in a statement: “We do permit apps on the App Store that support movie calling on WiFi and 3G networks.”

Fresh Yahoo app to challenge Apple FaceTime on iPhone

Без кейворда

Apple has based a fine deal of its iPhone four marketing blitz around its so-called FaceTime movie calling technology.

But Yahoo is about to challenge Apple for the mobile movie calling crown, with plans to brings movie talk to iPhones and Android-based phones via its popular Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service.

During a briefing with Reuters on Thursday, David Katz, Yahoo’s VP of Mobile for the Americas region, let it slip that the company will soon be suggesting mobile app versions of Yahoo Messenger with built-in movie calling capabilities.

Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced that its fresh 4G myTouch smartphone would come with a built-in Yahoo app for movie calling. But the availability of standalone movie talk apps for a broader set of camera-equipped smartphones could position Yahoo to play a much fatter role in the mobile market.

The free app, will be available for both iPhone and Android phones and will permit smartphone users to not only conduct movie calls with each other, but with anyone that presently uses Yahoo Messenger for movie calls on their PCs, Katz said (Messenger has eighty one million users worldwide, according to Yahoo).

And unlike FaceTime, Yahoo’s mobile Messenger movie calling app will work not only over a WiFi connection, but over a carrier’s standard wireless network.

Movie calling on the iPhone has proven to be a gentle matter. Skype inexplicably does not suggest a movie calling capability on its iPhone app, even tho’ movie calls are one of its most popular features among people who use Skype on their PCs.

And some people have speculated that Apple’s policy of restricting FaceTime use to WiFi-only is intended to prevent a flood of bandwidth-heavy movie traffic from tremendous AT&T’s already strained wireless network.

So it should be interesting to see how Apple reacts to a third-party app that effectively circumvents the company’s own treatment to movie calling.

A Yahoo spokesperson, reached after the briefing, said he believed that the iPhone app has already been approved by Apple (See update) and that it would be would be available “soon.”

Apple did not comeback a request for comment. (See update).

UPDATE: It’s worth noting that there are a duo of iPhone apps that permit movie calling over both WiFi and wireless networks — Fring and Tango. Of course, neither of these apps have the level of mass-market brand recognition of Yahoo, and their influence on a wireless network is most likely not in the same league.

UPDATE Two: A Yahoo spokesperson clarified that the iPhone app has not yet been approved.

UPDATE Three: Apple said in a statement: “We do permit apps on the App Store that support movie calling on WiFi and 3G networks.”

Fresh Yahoo app to challenge Apple FaceTime on iPhone

Без кейворда

Apple has based a superb deal of its iPhone four marketing blitz around its so-called FaceTime movie calling technology.

But Yahoo is about to challenge Apple for the mobile movie calling crown, with plans to brings movie talk to iPhones and Android-based phones via its popular Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service.

During a briefing with Reuters on Thursday, David Katz, Yahoo’s VP of Mobile for the Americas region, let it slip that the company will soon be suggesting mobile app versions of Yahoo Messenger with built-in movie calling capabilities.

Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced that its fresh 4G myTouch smartphone would come with a built-in Yahoo app for movie calling. But the availability of standalone movie talk apps for a broader set of camera-equipped smartphones could position Yahoo to play a much thicker role in the mobile market.

The free app, will be available for both iPhone and Android phones and will permit smartphone users to not only conduct movie calls with each other, but with anyone that presently uses Yahoo Messenger for movie calls on their PCs, Katz said (Messenger has eighty one million users worldwide, according to Yahoo).

And unlike FaceTime, Yahoo’s mobile Messenger movie calling app will work not only over a WiFi connection, but over a carrier’s standard wireless network.

Movie calling on the iPhone has proven to be a fragile matter. Skype inexplicably does not suggest a movie calling capability on its iPhone app, even however movie calls are one of its most popular features among people who use Skype on their PCs.

And some people have speculated that Apple’s policy of restricting FaceTime use to WiFi-only is intended to prevent a flood of bandwidth-heavy movie traffic from breathtaking AT&T’s already strained wireless network.

So it should be interesting to see how Apple reacts to a third-party app that effectively circumvents the company’s own treatment to movie calling.

A Yahoo spokesperson, reached after the briefing, said he believed that the iPhone app has already been approved by Apple (See update) and that it would be would be available “soon.”

Apple did not come back a request for comment. (See update).

UPDATE: It’s worth noting that there are a duo of iPhone apps that permit movie calling over both WiFi and wireless networks — Fring and Tango. Of course, neither of these apps have the level of mass-market brand recognition of Yahoo, and their influence on a wireless network is very likely not in the same league.

UPDATE Two: A Yahoo spokesperson clarified that the iPhone app has not yet been approved.

UPDATE Trio: Apple said in a statement: “We do permit apps on the App Store that support movie calling on WiFi and 3G networks.”

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