february 25, 2006
The Register posted a scathing review of Yahoo! Go. Is Yahoo! Go worth the beat up that was dealt out by The Register? No. Yahoo! Go is a first release and it definitely needs work, but for what it is, it is still pretty cool. That said, I have to admit that I did install it on my Nokia 6682 -- and then after a few hours, I uninstalled it. The biggest reason for uninstalling it was because I don't have the full data package from T-Mobile, so I was unable to take advantage of all the features. I did like what I saw, but I can't speak to it fully because I did not have the full experience.
I did find some niggling annoyances with it though. The installation uses SMS to verify my account, that's fine, but I don't like burning my SMS allowance on verification. I mean, what? I am going to install this on someone else's phone and let them login as me? The photos that were sync'd went to Yahoo! Photos instead of Flickr. I don't use Yahoo! Photos because Flickr is superior. Yahoo! Go defaults (and sticks) with the Nokia Web Browser, I like Opera. Anyways, I like I said, it's still a first release. It will get better with future releases.
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