Comments on: Yahoo Improves Mobile Phone Search Functions http://www.teleclick.ca/2005/07/yahoo-improves-mobile-phone-search-functions/ Daily news bulletin of notable events in the telecommunications industry. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:32:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob Roth http://www.teleclick.ca/2005/07/yahoo-improves-mobile-phone-search-functions/#comment-75 Bob Roth Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:25:33 +0000 http://70.86.16.194/~jrjm/wordpress/?p=9#comment-75 4INFO (shortcode 44636) has a similar text message offering, but provides several additional services that Yahoo! does not: sports scores ("packers" "nfl"), fantasy stats ("joe crede" "priest holmes"), movie times ("movies 92111"), flight times ("swa san jose san diego") and a beta version of mobile download search. All these services can be accessed via SMS (44636), WAP (http://wap.4INFO.net ), or email to search@4INFO.net. Why 4INFO instead of Yahoo? “Both of the major Web search players, Google and Yahoo!, should not feel confident that they can leverage their brands so easily on mobile. These giants could learn a few good lessons from the smaller, lesser-known 4Info…” - Wireless Business Forecast, 7/14/2005 4INFO (shortcode 44636) has a similar text message offering, but provides several additional services that Yahoo! does not: sports scores (“packers” “nfl”), fantasy stats (“joe crede” “priest holmes”), movie times (“movies 92111″), flight times (“swa san jose san diego”) and a beta version of mobile download search. All these services can be accessed via SMS (44636), WAP (http://wap.4INFO.net ), or email to search@4INFO.net.

Why 4INFO instead of Yahoo?
“Both of the major Web search players, Google and Yahoo!, should not feel confident that they can leverage their brands so easily on mobile. These giants could learn a few good lessons from the smaller, lesser-known 4Info…”
- Wireless Business Forecast, 7/14/2005

]]> By: Telecommunications Industry News » Cell Phones Offer New Opportunities for Internet Companies http://www.teleclick.ca/2005/07/yahoo-improves-mobile-phone-search-functions/#comment-6 Telecommunications Industry News » Cell Phones Offer New Opportunities for Internet Companies Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:46:35 +0000 http://70.86.16.194/~jrjm/wordpress/?p=9#comment-6 [...] Several major search engines, including Google, MSN, and Yahoo are also trying to grab their share of the mobile intenet market. They are attempting to improve their mobile search services, by introducing features such as SMS search queries. [...] [...] Several major search engines, including Google, MSN, and Yahoo are also trying to grab their share of the mobile intenet market. They are attempting to improve their mobile search services, by introducing features such as SMS search queries. [...]

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