Yahoo! has announced today that Yahoo! Mobile, a starting point to the Internet, is available for mobile Web and for Apple's iPhone as an application. Consumers would be able to use their mobile phones to stay connected, to access or discover information. In addition to the said availability, the company has also announced that it intends to preview “the soon-to-be-launched Yahoo! Messenger app for the iPhone.”

Yahoo! Mobile for the Web was announced back in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, and now it becomes available for more than 300 mobile phones that include HTML-enabled mobile browsers. The Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app, says the company, is available in the Apple iPhone App Store.

At the same time, users in eight countries, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, will be able to enjoy both the Yahoo! Mobile for mobile Web and the iPhone app, while more localized versions are expected to become available during the following months.

“Consumers around the globe are demanding compelling mobile Internet services that offer increased personalization,” said David Ko, senior vice president, Yahoo! Mobile. “To further capitalize on the market potential and continue our mobile leadership, we created Yahoo! Mobile, a dynamic starting point enabling consumers to discover the world around them, stay connected through a variety of communication services, and customize content to define their Internet experience on mobile devices.”

Yahoo! Mobile is able to offer users an open environment that would provide them with the option to put together their favorite content and services from across the Internet. They are enabled to discover new things through Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search, to stay connected through access to email and social network accounts, instant messaging, address book and calendar tools, while also allowing them to stay informed by putting together their favorite content like websites, sports teams, news sources, RSS feeds, weather, stocks, horoscopes and more.

The new Yahoo! Messenger application for iPhone is able to offer users in the US a leveraged experience, says the company. They would be enabled to send and receive instant messages, exchange photos, add contacts, change status, send emoticons, and stay logged while using other apps on their device. At the same time, the Messenger will also be available with Yahoo! Mobile and as an app for different handsets from a number of mobile phone makers. More information on the upcoming app can be found on the Yahoo! Messenger blog.