• American Shoppers Can't Find Walmart, But V-Enable Helps Them

    Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

    venable1.jpgMobile 411 provider V-Enable has released a list of the top retail searches undertaken by users in 2007 using their 411 service and the results are a little interesting. The list:

    1.Wal-Mart
    2.Target
    3.Game Stop
    4.Best Buy
    5.Walgreens
    6.Publix
    7.AutoZone
    8.KMart
    9. Toys R Us
    10. Blockbuster Video
    11. CVS
    12. Circuit City
    13. Home Depot
    14. Radio Shack
    15. Sears

    Yes, apparently thousands of gigantic warehouses throughout America can’t be found.

    San Diego based V-Enable offers an automated 411 product by the name of Mobile411 that comes pre-installed on mobile handsets and uses voice input and recognition through the software. The idea is that voice is a more accurate way to capture a 411 lookup on a mobile phone than text is. The results of a search are returned on the mobile phone itself, think Yellowpages online but with voice input. Notably this is a carrier based solution that competes with a raft of free ad supported players such as Google (Goog-411).

    V-Enable was established in 2001 and has taken $10.1 million over three rounds. Investors include Siemens Mobile Acceleration Corporation, Sorrento Ventures, SoftBank Capital and Palisades Ventures.
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