InfoSpace Find It
Helping You Connect!

June 24, 2006

By: James D. Martell
Website: http://www.cell-phones-n-plans.com

InfoSpace Find It – Carry the Concierge in Your Pocket!

InfoSpace Find It gives all those on the move the benefit of location-based database at their fingertips. The comprehensive mobile search engine launched by Sprint Nextel and InfoSpace is a breakthrough application and addresses the most fundamental question of those entire on move – ‘what is around me now?’ Be it restaurants, movie theatres, or important business listings, the consumers readily get all the necessary data along with the relevant maps and driving directions with just a few clicks.

It is simple, a Sprint customer who wishes to watch the latest box office hit movie can automatically look it up in the nearby theatres, find the timings when it is being screened, locate an ATM to get money, munch a fast snack at a nearby restaurant and finally find the directions to the theatre. Thus, the consumers enjoy the convenience of discovering all the possibilities in one integrated application.

Analysts project the US market size for mobile directory assistance at more than $3 billion in 2006.

Choose From the Big Product Basket

A premium J2ME application, the subscription-based location-enabled search product, is available on a range of Sprint Nextel phones. The application is designed such that the users are able to pinpoint their location conveniently through automated GPS or location systems, or preset entries of zip codes, addresses, and intersections. The search product has the options for:

  • Local Quick Clicks: Find business listings and locations with maps and driving directions
  • One-Stop Searching: A single search location for Yellow Pages, White Pages, maps, directions, and movie listings
  • Find People by Name or Number: Enables search by using only first and last name or entering a phone number to find out its owner
  • What is Nearby: Provides details on what is close with just one click
  • Click to Connect: Facilitates call with a click without dialing the entire number

So what are you waiting for? Stop jumping between multiple locations and make the right choice.

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Author Notes:

James D. Martell contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.cell-phones-n-plans.com.  A wireless industry guide featuring news and reviews of service providers, manufacturers and carriers, and their phones and plans.

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