You have asked and we have answered! We are happy to announce that Mobile Web Messenger now offers SMS capabilities – one of the most highly sought after features. What this means is that in addition to the usual instant messages and emoticons, you can now send text messages from Messenger to your friends’ mobile phones for free†
We have made the following updates to the latest version of Mobile Web Messenger:
Send SMS for free to your IM friends or to any mobile numbers †
Enhanced Searchbox allows you to look up contacts by their usernames or phone numbers in your Yahoo! Address book and IM contact list
Easy toggle between SMS and IM conversations
Whether you have a smartphone, or standard feature phone, if you have a data plan, Mobile Web Messenger can run on your phone. No setup is required – Just enter m.yahoo.com/messenger into the mobile browser on your phone, and you’ve got Yahoo! Messenger.
Sherrine Tan
Yahoo! Messenger Team
† Available in select markets within the supported carrier networks . Carrier charges may apply to the receiving party.
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added a bunch of cool new features to the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger App for iPhone, now available on the App Store.
Yahoo! Messenger users on iPhone can now make free voice and video calls to their Messenger friends, low cost calls to land line or mobile phones—plus get new features like multitasking, instant notifications and free SMS.
With the latest Yahoo! Messenger App for iPhone, you can:
Video calls: Make video calls and stream live video one-to-one †
Voice calls: Make free voice calls to your Yahoo! Messenger friends
Low cost voice calls: Talk to your friends on their land line or mobile phone, and make low cost international calls ††
Multitask: Work with other iPhone apps while Yahoo! Messenger runs in the background†
Send free SMS messages via Yahoo! Messenger †††
Get notified for every message: Know when a new message arrives whether the app is running, in the background, or even if it’s not open
Show and tell: Capture and share iPhone photos and video in real-time, with your Yahoo! Messenger buddies
Bring your friends in one place: Add your Windows Live Messenger contacts to your buddy list
Be creative: Use rich text and personal expressions, like emoticons and avatars, to update your friends
Enhanced performance: Get a simpler, faster, richer Yahoo! Messenger experience at your fingertips
Here’s a sneak peak of what you can expect!
To accommodate our friends across the globe, we have also extended our language support to include Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, and Romanian.
Download the latest version by tapping the App Store icon on your iPhone and search for Yahoo! Messenger! You may also see an update alert on your App Store icon. Alternatively, click here to download through iTunes.
We hope you will love this latest version as much as we do. Try it today and let us know what you think!
Andreas Nordin
Product Manager, Yahoo! Messenger
† Available for iPod Touch (4th Generation) and iPhone 3GS/4 users running iOS4.1
†† Available to premium users in select countries
††† Recipients of SMS may be charged by their carriers
Select Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone features are available as follows:
• Video calling:For the optimal experience, iPod Touch (4th Generation) or iPhone 3GS/4, iOS 4.1 & WiFi is recommended. Currently supports iPhone-iPhone & iPhone-PC.
• Voice calls to land line or mobile phone: Must be a Yahoo! Voice Phone Out subscriber in these select markets: US, France, Germany, Spain and Singapore
• Multitasking: Available on iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4, iOS 4.1
Why are we turning pink? October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join Yahoo! in the fight against breast cancer by updating your Yahoo! status to let us know why you’re turning pink.
Yahoo! has teamed up with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to provide free mammograms for uninsured women. For each person who updates his/her pink ribbon status in Yahoo! Shine and Yahoo! Pulse during the month of October, Yahoo! will donate $1 to NBCF up to $50,000.
Once you’ve updated your status, head over to Yahoo! Shine to see why others are turning pink and how others are connected to breast cancer in similar ways.
You can also show that you care by getting your Avatar the “Breast Cancer Awareness Gear” – the pink ribbon symbolizes support for finding a cure for breast cancer.
Do your part to support Breast Cancer Awareness today! I’ve updated my status…have you?
You have asked and we have answered! We are happy to announce that Mobile Web Messenger now offers SMS capabilities – one of the most highly sought after features. What this means is that in addition to the usual instant messages and emoticons, you can now send text messages from Messenger to your friends’ mobile phones for free†
