Comments on: Text Answer Services Take Off In The US

By: Bernardo Carvalho

Bernardo Carvalho — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:20:07 +0000

Hey Carlo, I tried Johnny27 a month ago and wrote about it on my blog: http://rawsocket.org/?p=441

By: Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS

Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:51:38 +0000

Asked how many Cell Phone subscribers there are worldwide. Received their answer of 4 billion at the end of 2006.

Correct answer according to Informa, Nov 2007, is 3.3 billion mobile phone subscriptions as of November 2007

4 billion seems pretty steep over a year ago … with just over 6 billion in the world

By: Mixed Results & Another

Mixed Results & Another — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:12:52 +0000

Hi Carlo!

Didn’t tried Johnny27. The site looks fun, but I didn’t try it because I don’t see the point in paying per question here in the US. Or actually at all for the service if possible.

Have tried ChaCha and have had mixed results (3 spot on, 2 way off), but I don’t like anything that dangles the “free now but some day you’ll pay” carrot in front of me.

Ther is another free one called Mosio http://www.mosio.com – it’s community based (other users answer the questions and you can see what people asked). Also a new service and works with Jott so you can speak your questions, which is cool. There’s something on the site about it working with Twitter, but i haven’t tried it.

Anyway, worth a look and I didn’t know about Johnny27 before this post, but the $2 per question is a barrier to entry for me, personally.