SMS right from your mailbox

It's not surprising that mobile phone is emerging as the next generation device. They have integrated all possible domains from serious gaming to casual web 2.0 marketing. According to the research done by Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, by the year 2010 mobile phones are likely to emerge as the primary digital computing device. The mobile phone penetration will cross 50 per cent with underlining user defined categories like “expression”, “entertainment” and “enterprise”.

As a part of the recent mobile 2.0 trend that yahoo is looking to launch an email to sms feature which would allow users of yahoo to send messages their friend’s phone right from their mail box.

The text-messaging feature will be initially available to Yahoo Mail members in the United States, Canada, India and the Philippines. In order to text a friend, users simply enter a mobile phone number, type a text message in Yahoo Mail and hit send.

This feature shows the importance of mobile component for a web player. It also shows that going forward we can only expect more traction in the mobile space with respect to internet players.