Just tell it what you wanted to know

I’m not trying to tease you with that subject line up there, because with a help from Tellme application in your mobile phone; you now can actually speak up what you wanted to search & your gadget will do it by itself. Sounds like those future gadgets we see in the movies eh?

Simply by holding down an assigned button (or just the Talk green-button) and say “coffee” or “movies”, and then Tellme will search the closest matches according to your GPS position. After you’ve given the available options and choose one, you may share the links with friends or call the location directly if a telephone number is provided. Another further search is also possible, let’s say you wish to watch “Dumb & Dumber” movie because it suits up with your current mood; speak up the movie title and then Tellme will search again for the details such as which theaters & time that still play (*cough* dumb *cough*) movie…

The whole process of voice recognition & searching, are all done at Tellme servers. So as far as your mobile phone has fast data connection, you’ll get faster results too. Here is the list of what Tellme right now can do when you tell it what to do:

• GPS directions


• Traffic information


• Maps


• Business


• Weather & more

Visit this address with your mobile web browser, or visit here for video demo before getting one.

But wait up! I forgot to tell you from the start, that BlackBerry is the only mobile phone that Tellme supported right now. Yeah, that’s right. I did meant to tease you after all ;-D Gotcha!

What gives? Maybe you even saw that little line under Tellme logo there, that says: “A Microsoft Subsidiary” right? So why Tellme doesn’t provide Windows Mobile version of it? I’ll let Mike McCue, CEO of Tellme, to explain as to what he said to Rafe Needleman (Webware): “Tellme had the BlackBerry app well into development when Microsoft acquired his company. But why BlackBerry at all? Because it's a better platform for Java, which the app is built on, than is Windows Mobile.” If you don’t believe so, just visit their About web page which says Tellme has joined Microsoft Business Division.

And as if I haven’t finish teasing with you, the non-BlackBerry mobile phone owners, here’s another one to add to your drooling bucket. McCue is planning to develop a simpler user interface for road warriors behind the wheel, which he called it the “60 mile-per-hour interface”.
Well, looks like another reason why you should warn your mother-in-law not walk on the street without those American-football protective gears you’ve bought for her (yeah, right… like you even gonna warn her). But seriously McCue, you should make Tellme that works with Palm’s smartphones first. Don’t you agree Palm addict-ers?

[blogged with my Treo 750v]