Internet2Go: The State of the Mobile Internet
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After many years of hype without substance, the age of the "mobile Internet" is finally here and providing bridges to the physical world in the form of location-based content, services, and advertising. In this webinar, LMS senior analyst Greg Sterling presents a high-level marketplace and data overview of the state of mobile.
Held in conjunction with BrightTALK, click here to watch this webinar.
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For more information, please contact Pete Headrick (pheadrick@opusresearch.net or 1-415-904-7666)
Vlingo Comes to the iPhone
Dial Directions' Say Where local search app was the first voice-enabled application for the iPhone. Then came Google's Voice Search and now Vlingo has released a version of its voice search product for the device.
We haven't had a chance to test it yet but CNET calls it better than Google's voice search. It appears to have a broader range of capabilities. From the video (link below) it also appears impressive. However, we'll give it a try and report back.
The app allows users to search Google and Yahoo! (Vlingo is behind its pre-existing speech-enabled oneSearch), initiate calls to any of their contacts, look up map listings (local search) and update Twitter or Facebook status.
Here's a video of how it works.
