SlashPhone » wayfinder http://www.slashphone.com Worldwide mobile phone news, reviews and wireless innovations Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Wayfinder Power Search for iPhone Celebrates 100k Searches in 24 Hours http://www.slashphone.com/wayfinder-power-search-for-iphone-celebrates-100k-searches-in-24-hours-13876 http://www.slashphone.com/wayfinder-power-search-for-iphone-celebrates-100k-searches-in-24-hours-13876#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:19:08 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=876 Officially launched on July 1st, Wayfinder Power Search for iPhone and iPod Touch provides more than 100 million points of interest available through a simple web interface. After 24 hours, the company recieved more than 100,000 search requests on their server through iPhone and iPod Touch.  Their search result include the display of pictures and in-depth descriptions of restaurants, hotels, bars, museums and other types of location information thanks to content partners such as Tele Atlas, Wcities and Yellow and White pages providers around the world.

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“It is amazing what you can do when you combine the advanced Wayfinder Location Aware Servers with a simple web application,” said Magnus Nilsson, Wayfinder CEO. “With the new iPhone development tools from Apple, combined with the launch this week of iPhone 3G, which has built-in GPS, the opportunities for compelling location applications are tremendous. This is only the beginning of a suite of cool applications that we intend to bring to iPhone users.”

If you are an iPhone or iPod Touch user, simply enter getwf.com into your browser on the device and add the page to the Home Screen. From then on you will have the world at your fingertips.

]]> http://www.slashphone.com/wayfinder-power-search-for-iphone-celebrates-100k-searches-in-24-hours-13876/feed 0 Wayfinder Announces Power Search Web Application For iPhone http://www.slashphone.com/wayfinder-announces-power-search-web-application-for-iphone-0268 http://www.slashphone.com/wayfinder-announces-power-search-web-application-for-iphone-0268#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:58:19 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/wayfinder-announces-power-search-web-application-for-iphone-0268 Wayfinder today announced the launch of Power Search web application for iPhone and iPod touch users. The application is accessed via the Safari browser and allows the searching of a multitude of databases, through one unified search field, that cover up to 100 million local search records around the world.

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A user can enter a phone number, a persons name or a company name and the Wayfinder Power Search web application will return relevant search results. Through agreements with several database providers around the world the user receives relevant answers for the specific country where the search is being made.

via [iphonebuzz]

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