InfoSpace Announces Free Trial of InfoSpace Find It!Enhanced GPS-Enabled Local Search Service Now in 60-Day Free Trial for Select Mobile Consumers; Uses Spoken Directions and More Than 15 Million Listings to Easily Find What's Nearby[TM] BELLEVUE, Wash. -- As the Kelsey Group's Interactive Local Media Conference kicked off today in Philadelphia, InfoSpace (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : INSP INSP Inspection INSP Inspector INSP Inspect INSP Inspirational Network INSP Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (French) INSP International Nuclear Safety Program INSP International Network on Strategic Philanthropy ) announced the availability of a 60-day free trial of their enhanced mobile local search product InfoSpace Find It! for mobile customers with select handsets. The new InfoSpace Find It! combines eyes-free spoken directions and simple-to-use GPS functionality with the convenience of local search to quickly and easily locate the nearest businesses, people and events. Using just a few clicks, InfoSpace Find It! can automatically pinpoint a user's location and identify nearby movie theaters, choose a film, pick a show time, find a nearby ATM or restaurant and get directionsCoall via a mobile phone. "InfoSpace is focused on customer satisfaction and delivering the most user-friendly mobile local search application possible," said Rod Diefendorf, vice president of online and local search, who will be speaking at the Kelsey Conference on November 30. "The free trial gives us the opportunity to show more mobile consumers how they can get all the local information they need in one place with the convenience of spoken directions and unsurpassed listings information." "Offering InfoSpace Find It! free for a period of time is an essential step for InfoSpace to begin building user adoption and drive frequency of use. Once users get accustomed to using InfoSpace Find It!, an interesting revenue model may evolve drawing subscription money from consumers and advertising revenue - both fixed and performance based - from advertisers," said Neal Polachek, senior vice president at The Kelsey Group. As a premium Java (J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. ) application, InfoSpace Find It! distills millions of listings into six categories tailored to the on-the-go user - Dine Out Verb 1. dine out - eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home eat out eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" , Go Out, Shop, Travel, Health and Services. This mobile version also offers the same local search power and relevancy as the online product available, at www.infospacefindit.com. With this convergence from mobile to Web, InfoSpace Find It! users now have greater access to deeper listings and more information whether they're online or on the go. The service includes features such as: * Spoken Turn-by-Turn Directions: Eyes-free navigation with spoken directions allows users to get where they are going without having to look at the screen. * Expanded Content Library: Now find nearby events, Wi-Fi hotspots, local entertainment, golf courses and more than 15 million other points of interest. * Refreshed re·fresh v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es v.tr. 1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to. 2. Listings: Content is refreshed weekly. Movies and events are up to date. Outdated out·dat·ed adj. Out-of-date; old-fashioned. outdated Adjective old-fashioned or obsolete Adj. 1. listings are removed to keep the data as relevant and useful as possible. * What's Nearby[R]: Access details on what's close with one click on the phone, even if the caller doesn't know exactly where they are. * Find People by Name or Number: Search using only first and last name, or by entering a phone number to find out to whom it belongs. * One-Stop Searching: A single search location for Yellow Pages, White Pages, Maps, Directions, Movie Listings and more. * Local Quick Clicks[TM]: Find local business listings and locations with maps and driving directions with minimal clicking. * Click to Connect: Make phone calls with one click instead of dialing the entire number. The initial version of InfoSpace Find It! launched in March 2006 as the first comprehensive location-based service Location-based services (LBS) (or LoCation Services, LCS) are services developed and distributed by wireless carriers and their partners which provide information specific to a location. application for mobile phones. The application quickly distinguished itself for its ease of use, accurate listings and low subscription cost of $2.99 a month. InfoSpace Find It! continues to make relevant results to the user the top priority. In addition to pinpointing a user's location through automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. GPS or location systems, zip code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. , address, intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. , or preset preset Cardiac pacing A parameter of a pacemaker that is programmed permanently when manufactured entries, the product takes into account user preferences to deliver the most useful results in the fewest number of clicks. Additionally, InfoSpace Find It! uses its advertising relationships to provide users with enhanced merchant information, such as hours of operation. Mobile subscribers with select phones can download the 60-day free trial directly from their handsets. More information about InfoSpace Find It! and the free trial can be found at http://www.mobile.infospacefindit.com/whatsnew.aspx. About InfoSpace Online InfoSpace Online is a leading developer of proprietary metasearch technologies and a provider of Internet sites that offer search, local search and online directory services to consumers on a global basis. InfoSpace's family of Web properties includes Dogpile (www.dogpile.com), WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com), MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com), Zoo (www.zoo.com), Switchboard (www.switchboard.com), InfoSpace (www.infospace.com) and WebFetch (www.webfetch.com), which showcase the company's leading metasearch technology and key advertising partnerships with companies like Google, Yahoo!, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Ask, Verizon SuperPages and Yellowpages.com. Both online and mobile users benefit from the local search experience of InfoSpace Find It! (www.infospacefindit.com). InfoSpace Online also delivers compelling revenue opportunities for its partners, such as Cablevision, through its private-label online search and directory services. InfoSpace Online is a business of InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP). For information about InfoSpace, please visit: http://www.infospaceinc.com. Cautionary Note about Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This release contains forward-looking statements regarding InfoSpace Find It! product and services. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect InfoSpace's actual results include the scope and timing of carrier adoption and implementation and market acceptance of the application and features of InfoSpace Find It! A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. as filed from time to time, in the section entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Risk Factors." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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