Comments on: Battle Lines Drawn Up for Mobile Search http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/06/battle-lines-drawn-up-for-mobile-search/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael Brito http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/06/battle-lines-drawn-up-for-mobile-search/comment-page-1/#comment-13466 Michael Brito Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:51:08 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/06/battle-lines-drawn-up-for-mobile-search/#comment-13466 Hi Russell, I thought your readers might be interested in this.... Just wanted to let you know of a cool service called Frucall; the first voice-enabled comparison shopping service that allows consumers to compare retail store prices with prices online, directly from their mobile phone. It’s a quick and easy solution that sidelines many of the traditional sites that only offer comparison shopping while online. Better yet, is that consumers can soon purchase products directly from their mobile phone. The way it works is simple. For consumers who are at a retail store browsing for products; all they have to do is dial 1-888-DO-FRUCALL, enter in the bar code; and wait a few seconds for the results. Not to mention that the service is free so it’s obviously a no brainer. If you want to chat more about Frucall or how the service works, I would be more than happy to put you in touch with the right person. Take Care, Michael Brito www.frucall.com Hi Russell,

I thought your readers might be interested in this….

Just wanted to let you know of a cool service called Frucall; the first voice-enabled comparison shopping service that allows consumers to compare retail store prices with prices online, directly from their mobile phone. It’s a quick and easy solution that sidelines many of the traditional sites that only offer comparison shopping while online. Better yet, is that consumers can soon purchase products directly from their mobile phone.

The way it works is simple. For consumers who are at a retail store browsing for products; all they have to do is dial 1-888-DO-FRUCALL, enter in the bar code; and wait a few seconds for the results. Not to mention that the service is free so it’s obviously a no brainer.

If you want to chat more about Frucall or how the service works, I would be more than happy to put you in touch with the right person.

Take Care,
Michael Brito
http://www.frucall.com

]]> By: Jim Black http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/06/battle-lines-drawn-up-for-mobile-search/comment-page-1/#comment-8678 Jim Black Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:47:41 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/06/battle-lines-drawn-up-for-mobile-search/#comment-8678 I was going to write something about this release but got fed up trying to get info from Nokia about it...... I decided to download it for my series 60 but it keeps crashing halfway through a search. What I can tell you is that the application knows which country you are in, so can select the right local search engine. But you need to tell the application where you are or where you want to search based on postcode or town etc. This would be better if it used Cell ID to determine where you are, but then there would be all sorts of pricing issues with the operators to do a database dip I guess. Seems like a strange application. They have now launched in Germany with a football tie in. I was going to write something about this release but got fed up trying to get info from Nokia about it…… I decided to download it for my series 60 but it keeps crashing halfway through a search.

What I can tell you is that the application knows which country you are in, so can select the right local search engine. But you need to tell the application where you are or where you want to search based on postcode or town etc.

This would be better if it used Cell ID to determine where you are, but then there would be all sorts of pricing issues with the operators to do a database dip I guess.

Seems like a strange application.

They have now launched in Germany with a football tie in.

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