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Jingle Networks’ 1-800-FREE411 announced that it is adding Dial Directions’ service to its offering. Under the deal between the two companies, 20 million people who at the moment use 1-800-FREE411 can ask for directions to any directory listing and receive it by SMS.
To use the new service, callers need only speak their starting address — i.e. “2594 Broadway” or “16th and Washington” — and receive turn-by-turn directions by text message within seconds. The service will be available in SF Bay Area, Chicago and Los Angeles starting March 1, with nationwide availability to follow a month later.
We’ve covered Dial Directions’ offering in the past – you can read our older posts about them from these two links.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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