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Sprint and InfoSpace Introduce First Comprehensive Location Based Search Product for Mobile Phones; Breakthrough Application Will Help On-The-Go Consumers Easily Access Relevant Location Based Information.


OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. & BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Sprint (NYSE NYSE

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), a mobile media leader, today announced the availability of InfoSpace Find It(TM), a comprehensive subscription-based location enabled search product that allows consumers to easily and quickly find everything from nearby restaurants and movie times to people, maps and driving directions all in one integrated application.

"Available today on over 20 select Sprint and Nextel phones, InfoSpace Find It! further addresses consumer demand for local information they can access on their wireless phone, whenever and wherever they want," said Alana Muller, director of product marketing for information and applications for Sprint. "This innovation provides on-the-move Sprint customers with one application to find relevant local information and is GPS-enabled to most efficiently answer the question, 'what's around me now?'"

InfoSpace Find It! answers a growing thirst for location based information anywhere anytime, as industry analysts project the U.S. market size for mobile directory assistance at more than $3 billion in 2006. Bringing together listings, locations and directions, InfoSpace Find It! combines InfoSpace's industry leadership in the online directory space with its expertise in designing location-based mobile products that eliminate the need for consumers to jump between multiple applications. As a result, with a few clicks from one application, a Sprint customer wanting to see the latest hit movie can automatically pinpoint their location, then look up nearby theaters, choose a film, pick a time, find a nearby ATM or restaurant and get directions.

"Location-based mobile local search has been a promise for many years, and InfoSpace Find It! robustly delivers on the possibilities. InfoSpace Find It! is like having a concierge in your pocket," said Stephen Davis, president of InfoSpace Mobile and Online Media.

A premium 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! is available on a range of Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind  phones, with users easily pinpointing their location through automated GPS or location systems, or preset preset Cardiac pacing A parameter of a pacemaker that is programmed permanently when manufactured  entries such as 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 or intersection. The service includes:

--Local Quick Clicks(TM): Find local business listings and locations with maps and driving directions with minimal clicking.

--One-Stop Searching: A single search location for Yellow Pages, White Pages, Maps, Directions, Movie Listings and more.

--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.

--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.

--Click to Connect: Make phone calls with one click instead of dialing the entire number.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business and government customers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic.

These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges.
. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/mr.

About InfoSpace

InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ: INSP) drives mobile media innovation. With one of the world's largest mobile content libraries, InfoSpace makes it easy for consumers to discover, personalize and enjoy their on-the-go experiences. The company uses its superior discovery, merchandising and technology capabilities to help facilitate the delivery of original and licensed content across hundreds of mobile devices and through multiple channels. InfoSpace also mobilizes brands and creates programming and revenue opportunities for mobile operators. The company's products and services have extensive reach in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  and Europe through carriers such as Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , and Virgin Mobile; in partnership with world-class brands such as Cablevision and Fox News; and through online Web sites such as Dogpile (Dogpile.com), which showcase the company's leading metasearch technology and key advertising partnerships with companies like Google, Yahoo!, Verizon SuperPages and Yellowpages.com. More information can be found at www.infospaceinc.com.

This release contains 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.
 regarding InfoSpace Find It! 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 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 "Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." 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 after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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