Yahoo CEO Terry Semel (pictured below) outlined the company's vision at a keynote during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Among the company announcements was the launch of Yahoo Go, described as "a new suite of innovative products designed to extend the company's reach beyond the Web browser."

"Yahoo Go allows us to free the best of what the Internet has to offer from the confines of the browser and provides consumers fast and easy access to the essential products and services they know and love," Semel said.

"Go" encompasses a suite or services for mobile, TV, and desktop computing.

Go Mobile is designed to combine real-time connectivity with community, information and content services from across the web, Semel said. "It integrates the company's familiar communications services with the phone's built-in e-mail, messaging, address book and calendar applications, giving consumers one reliable source for the information they find most vital. For example, if a user loses his or her mobile phone their contact information will not be lost -- it will still be available on the web and could be easily synched with a new mobile phone."

In the U.S., Yahoo will initally launch Go Mobile with AT&T and Cingular Wireless in three markets. The companies also plan a co-branded AT&T Yahoo Go Mobile service designed to allow AT&T Yahoo High Speed Internet subscribers to get the service on Cingular Wireless mobile devices. (AT&T now comprises the old SBC and AT&T companies. SBC acquired AT&T last year and has re-branded the company with the old AT&T name and a new AT&T logo.)

Internationally, Nokia and Yahoo will launch Go Mobile to consumers in 10 countries across Europe and Asia. Consumers purchasing select Nokia 6630, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681 and Nokia N70 devices will receive Yahoo Go Mobile pre-installed.