Reported by Mark Winstanley, Editor-In-Chief Wed Apr 2, 2008 at 11:15 AM EST
Yahoo on Wednesday said it would add voice-enabled search to its mobile platform and rolled out a test version of the upcoming service as a download for users of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphone. The new feature will be part of version 2.0 of Yahoo's OneSearch, which the company plans to roll out to mobile phone manufacturers in the summer. The upgrade was unveiled at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas. OneSearch was launched more than a year ago as Yahoo's search platform for mobile phones. The upgrade improves on the original version by introducing voice-enabled searches, as well as features that deliver more information to queries than just links....more