Yahoo! Adds Voice Search for iPhone; Extends Reach of Mobile Applications

As we continue our mobile search innovation and focus on providing the best experiences across a wide range of mobile platforms, Yahoo! today launched voice enabled oneSearch for the Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app. With the voice-enabled Yahoo! oneSearch, consumers can search for anything, including flight numbers, locations, Web site names, local restaurants, and more, by simply speaking.

In addition to using voice to conduct a search, the Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app enables consumers to customize the ‘My Interests' tab with the power of their voice. Simply click on ‘add anything', speak the topic you're interested in, then select the relevant content and add it to your page.

The Yahoo! oneSearch with voice application is currently available on more than 80 different devices and across platforms including Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and iPhone - with support in eight languages. New today, we also support for the latest BlackBerry devices (i.e. Bold, Storm, Flip and Javelin).

Whereas most mobile voice recognition systems are specific to vertical categories such as local listings, Yahoo! oneSearch with Voice lets consumers perform "wide open" searches - returning relevant results for practically every kind of query. The Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app can be downloaded through the iPhone app store here; compatible devices on other platforms can download the app by visiting http://m.yahoo.com/voice on their mobile browser.

Additionally, today, we're excited to announce that we rolled out the Yahoo! oneSearch shortcut for Windows Mobile in 21 countries, providing mobile users with one-click access to the search box. In February we announced the Yahoo! oneSearch shortcut for Windows Mobile in the U.S. and just like oneSearch applications for Nokia and Blackberry, we added an auto-locate feature on select devices to deliver local search results based on a combination of cell tower triangulation, GPS and Wi-Fi hotspots. The oneSearch shortcut can be downloaded on compatible devices by visiting http://m.yahoo.com/shortcut.