Mobile 411 provider V-Enable has released a list of the top retail searches undertaken by users in 2007 using their 411 service and the results are a little interesting. The list:
1.Wal-Mart
2.Target
3.Game Stop
4.Best Buy
5.Walgreens
6.Publix
7.AutoZone
8.KMart
9. Toys R Us
10. Blockbuster Video
11. CVS
12. Circuit City
13. Home Depot
14. Radio Shack
15. Sears
Yes, apparently thousands of gigantic warehouses throughout America can’t be found.
San Diego based V-Enable offers an automated 411 product by the name of Mobile411 that comes pre-installed on mobile handsets and uses voice input and recognition through the software. The idea is that voice is a more accurate way to capture a 411 lookup on a mobile phone than text is. The results of a search are returned on the mobile phone itself, think Yellowpages online but with voice input. Notably this is a carrier based solution that competes with a raft of free ad supported players such as Google (Goog-411).
V-Enable was established in 2001 and has taken $10.1 million over three rounds. Investors include Siemens Mobile Acceleration Corporation, Sorrento Ventures, SoftBank Capital and Palisades Ventures.
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I wasn’t aware that Goog-411 (heavy user) ..
- could send maps to my phone via voice command?
- 411 is for phone number look up - this seems more navigationally oriented
Yeah, Walmarts are typically small and very hard to find.
Man, Americans are cheap.
.rb
they cant. This is app based, but it competes in the same lookup space.
Duncan, read your posts, carefully(!!), before you put them up. Not to be so uptight but you have 620K readers, and this reflects poorly on you.
Thanks in advance.
did you notice Game Stop is number 3 ..
Americans have these things called automobiles. We drive around in them, crazy idea I know, and when we want to find a store store closest to our current location - we search for it. Brilliant!
Why be such a douche? Oh myyyyyy godddd!! People look for Wal-Marts, but comfortingly I know they are so obvious , they are huge, surely an idiot could find them! Let’s Digg this story.
Oh shut up about Wal-mart. I shop there because they are 20% cheaper than our “brand” grocery store. My kids are a pain in the ass because I’m always having to go grocery shopping. They never stop eating or pooping or telling perfect strangers your deepest secrets.
Try running errands, having a head cold, a screaming 2 year old in the back seat and a snotty teenager in the passenger seat, while trying to find the damned wal-mart store. It’s hugh, right. It should be right there. But it’s not and cars are honking and the baby is honking and then you start to honk. Anyhoo, what was this article about?
sincerely,
angela hayden
art goddess
The iPhone is dead now!
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@ Duncon @ Mike @ anyone with authority!
- I’ll personally buy a round for the TC’er who stops the ballmer comments lol
.rb
#1- can google 411 send maps to your phone and does it charge? How can you not find a walmart, their in every shopping center.
I agree the iphone is past its date
Dale
http://dzrbenson.com/blog
I’ll buy a round to stop Grammar’s comments. This is an interesting commentary on America…strikes debate.
not sure why this list is so interesting? people search for brands - duh
Not only this you can search all you want on this application. I almost tried 15 business names and I got almost all of them. Amazing..
people habits or whatever, even if we agree with angela hyden. the main thing is someone is making good money out of it.