This morning’s Wall Street Journal has this article highlighting Yahoo and Google’s push into “wireless”. For the first time in a while this actually means “mobile phone wireless”, rather than WiFi. As might be expected, SBC/Yahoo have entered a relationship with Nokia to manufacture a mobile phone for Cingular, for release some time next year. I’d expect this phone to be much more interesting than the Rokr, given Yahoo’s focus on services! Likewise, Google is also starting to focus more and more on the space, initially releasing Google Local with a mobile focus (obvious choice). The article mentions “java application” as well, but I couldn’t find any links to a downloadable app yet.

This is a great move — we can’t rely on carriers themselves to push innovation — but moves like these, with users at the core of the considerations and design, mean that the market will be getting more interesting real fast.