CONSUMERS ACCESS HOPSTOP SERVICES FROM PDA.HopStop.com, the most-used site for subway and bus directions in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , has launched HopStop PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). (http://hopstop.com/pda). Consumers can now access HopStop's services from their PDA and other web-enabled devices. Visitors who visit HopStop.com from their Blackberry, Treo or other similar devices and will automatically be taken to a version of HopStop made for small screens. "The launch of HopStop PDA is a continuation of our efforts to provide our users with convenient and user-friendly ways to access HopStop's services. Consumers can also call our voice recognition service at 888-2HOPSTOP or send us a text message to get point-to-point mass transit mass transit, public transportation systems designed to move large numbers of passengers. Types and Advantages Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public shared transportation, such as buses, streetcars, and ferries, open to all on a directions," said Chinedu Echeruo, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of HopStop.com. HopStop's PDA-friendly site will provide most of the information available on the HopStop.com website, such as step-by-step walking, subway and bus directions, choice of directions in nine languages, and easy to read maps. "HopStop's PDA site was built using technology which will allow us to continue deploying new functionality for the millions of web-enabled devices in the market today. We are also are very happy to have Zagat Survey's ZAGAT TO GO as a sponsor of this new product," Echeruo said. "HopStop.com's innovative mobile-friendly transit directions site is a great complement to ZAGAT TO GO (http://mobile.zagat.com/), our mobile restaurant and entertainment software. We're pleased to be a launch sponsor for this new and exciting consumer product," said Dan Entin, product manager, Internet & Wireless at Zagat Survey Zagat Survey (pronounced za-GAT)[1] was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends. . About Zagat Survey, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Zagat Survey is a provider of consumer survey-based leisure content. With more than 250,000 surveyors, Zagat Survey rates and reviews restaurants, hotels, nightlife, movies, music, golf, shopping and a range of other entertainment categories. Zagat content is available in print, on the Web, on the Palm and Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. operating systems, on BlackBerry, on mobile phones, and on TV. Zagat can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.zagat.com/. About HopStop.com HopStop provides door-to-door directions to city residents and tourists via public transportation systems. The company is building the first national network to facilitate inter-city and intra-city travel using mass transit systems. The company's services are currently available in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Boston, San Francisco and Washington D.C. HopStop.com can be found on the World Wide Web at http://hopstop.com/. For more information, call 212/295-2130. |
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