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With the arrival of Yahoo! and its Yahoo! Go Mobile 2.0 product, another A-list brand has entered the market. Yahoo!’s presence, like Apple’s, expands the number of ODP (On-Device Portal) choices available to consumers, offering data services that are embedded directly onto the devices that people carry with them every day, similar to the desktop applications that people have downloaded on their PCs. So, how does Yahoo! Go stack up? It draws on many ODP cues to deliver some interesting usability features. However, its drawbacks serve as cautionary examples for other companies considering the launch of their own mobile on-device portals. Yahoo! Go’s Advantages Yahoo! clearly understands that its mobile user experience will make or break its mobile offering. With Yahoo! Go... (more)