Yahoo just announced that it has secured "on deck" placement on new Samsung phones. In other words, its applications will now come pre-loaded onto the phones' home screens, and/or top-level menus.
Yahoo and Samsung -- the world's second-largest handset maker -- have had a partnership since 2007, but the new deal expands Yahoo's presence onto millions and millions more Samsung phones, reports
Venture Beat. According to a Yahoo spokesperson, the new partnership extends to a slew of services and content areas, including Yahoo Mail, Messenger, Front Page, Search, Flickr, News, Finance,
Contacts, Calendar, and Weather.
"A Yahoo-Samsung deal makes a lot of sense," according to Venture Beat. "Yahoo lacks strong wireless carrier relationships ... Samsung doesn't have a star
smartphone ... Putting the two together gives Yahoo outstanding placement in the world's pockets, and makes Samsung's phones Internet-friendly right out of the box, no app downloads required."
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