Yahoo! has announced the upcoming launch of Yahoo! oneConnect, the first mobile product with an open architecture that aggregates communications tools including email, instant messaging, text messaging, and social networks.

It is expected to be available this coming second quarter.

At the heart of this new product is the so-called “socially-connected address book” which provides users the capability to integrate activity from popular social networks, professional networks, and communities into their address book, keeping it always in sync.

Here are some of its exciting features:

An open communications platform – Give users the functionality to communicate via multiple communications tools – such as IM, SMS, and social networks. Widgets will provide users the capability to access their email across major email providers, such as Yahoo! Mail, MSN Hotmail, Gmail, and AOL Mail.

Pulse – Provide consumers the functionality to see a dynamic overview of what friends are up to, including recent photos, their status, profile updates, and recommendations based on their most recent actions on popular social networks.

Social contact card – Allow users to aggregate the most relevant information on any given contact, including archives of past communications, detailed pulse history, and one-click ways to initiate communication.

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