Dadi Perlmutter Keynote

IDF 08-27-06 Afternoon session
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So what you see here in the screen is actually Yahoo! Go,
which is our client experience to deliver what we call the lean
back Internet, which is a media-rich user experience designed
for casual interaction rather than always staring at a screen. So
what you see here is kind of My Yahoo! done really beautifully. I
see local traffic, because a UMPC is local-aware. I see my
weather. I see my favorite game. And I see like an ultra popular
video right now. I can also go and look in terms of the video and
the [unintelligible], and because the ultra mobile PC is so media-
rich, I have the full power of kind of like the PC environment at
my hands, in the palm of my hands. And, again, because it's
Yahoo, everything is fully personalized.
Another cool thing is, because I would like to really figure out
where to have dinner tonight, you know, I go to the local feature.
And, again, the ultra mobile PC is local-aware. That means, I'll
just say I want to find a restaurant, I could find other things, and
do search, and, boom, because the ultra mobile PC knows
where I am, I now see here on Yahoo! Maps the cool
restaurants, and, again, [brought in] by Yahoo! Community,
personalized ratings and recommendations.
A big part of entertainment is music. So here, we have the
music feature, which is really cool. And, again, because it's a
media-rich environment, I [consume] music via video, not just
the sound. And again, for me, I'm so excited about this. But this
device is also a PC. So, if I have to, if I don't want to, you know,
entertain myself, I, with one click, can check my emails. This is,