And don't forget about the other mobile experiences -- you may want to consider voice-based search or directory assistance because 23 percent of mobile users access directory assistance as part of their local search process.
Directory assistance: 2 percent According to Nielsen Mobile, 411 directory assistance was the most popular mobile search format used among mobile users at the end of last year. Part of this mobile revolution is ad-supported directory assistance or...
Both directory assistance and IPTV are nascent technologies in terms of integrating advertising. Given print, online, 65 million wireless subscribers, and U-verse, a platform for tracking calls generated from all these sources ties it together...
Directory Assistance Top Reasons for Accessing the Internet from a Wireless Phone (Among those who subscribe to Wireless Internet Option) October 25, 2006 - November 1, 2006 If you want to verify this for yourself, then conduct a mobile search on...
Wireless carriers have been making a handsome profit delivering directory assistance searches to mobile consumers. Yet, a very old offering is hot once again: directory assistance (DA). With 249 million mobile subscribers in the US (eMarketer...
Operator services (The most common being voice assistance such as "411" directory listings. Access point—a device that connects wireless communication together to form a wireless network, which can relay information between both wireless and wired...
Because of increasing competition and free alternatives, consumer-pays wireless directory assistance (DA) will eventually go away, unless it becomes incredibly valuable and useful. He breaks down the tools into several parts including "Technical...
Because of increasing competition and free alternatives, consumer-pays wireless directory assistance (DA) will eventually go away, unless it becomes incredibly valuable and useful. Local media research firm The Kelsey Group just forecast "portal...
Local media research firm The Kelsey Group just forecast "portal-backed wireless voice search [will] reach 1.45 billion queries in 2010" and cause "a significant disruption of the directory assistance market.
More and more directory assistance (DA) is starting to morph into voice-enabled mobile (local) search. Here's a previous post about how directory assistance call volumes indicate mobile search category demand.
More and more directory assistance (DA) is starting to morph into voice-enabled mobile (local) search. Here's a previous post about how directory assistance call volumes indicate mobile search category demand.
People are often looking for local information when they're on the go and have traditionally had to rely on directory assistance (DA), which has been limited by "what city, what listing? According to CTIA-The Wireless Association, there are more...
The study also revealed demographic differences in behavior and attitudes toward directory assistance. It's in this larger context that I write about a new study released this week from Tellme, an automated voice services provider and directory...
There are several use cases (or, if you prefer, "modalities") now developing in the mobile search world: SMS, free ad supported directory assistance, automated voice-driven mobile search, the wireless web and the perhaps more provocative "point...
More on Mobile Search, Free Directory Assistance, and Voice Activated Info Services - Matt Marshall's article: Silicon Valley start-ups rush to bring you information on the go, does a great job of not only reviewing but adding several insights to...
WIRELESS APPLICATION COMPANY PROVIDES DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES FOR TEXT-MESSAGE ENABLED WIRELESS PHONES October 6, 2004, Synfonic Inc.a leading provider of on-demand data services for wireless phones, today announced its new Synfonic411...
God is wireless, God is everywhere and God sees and knows everything. Google is notable among the major search engines for not offering search refinement assistance like this. This assumes that you always want images, newsgroup matches, product...
AT&T Wireless adding Google to phones News.com, Oct.http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7527295.html This technology makes it no wonder that the search engine is making gains among wireless providers, such as this latest deal with AT&T.
Of course, despite Google's impressive HTML to WAP conversion, there may still be times when you'd prefer to find WML pages specifically written for wireless devices, as can be done using FAST's WAP search engine.
A bit more about wireless search engines and WAP. Of course, despite Google's impressive HTML to WAP conversion, there may still be times when you'd prefer to find WML pages specifically written for wireless devices, as can be done using FAST's WAP...
