Fast way to order food online or phone with CityMint

Mobile, Shopping, Commerce May 30th, 2008

CityMint is a mobile and web-based service that allows you to order meals from your favorite restaurants from your mobile phone or online. Orders can be placed on the internet, your phone’s mobile web, or simply by a text message.

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Few FAQs you might want to know before you get started.

What is a Quick Order?
Place an order from restaurants local to you right away with Quick Order. Just type your address in, and we’ll provide you with restaurants nearest you. There is no need to sign up or create an account with Quick Order, use it as many times as you’d like. Placing orders on the go through our interactive menus on your mobile phone require you to sign up and create an account.

How much does CityMint cost?
CityMint is a free service. Restaurant menu prices are exactly the same as if you were at the restaurant. Some restaurants offer coupons and discounts that are available on menu pages and can be used when ordering.

How do I pay for my food?
Order can be paid for by cash or credit card. Once your credit payment information is entered into CityMint, orders placed online or via text as a MintCode™ are all processed online. No credit card information is sent via text over your mobile phone. Payment is safe and secure. All you have to worry about is what you want to eat, let CityMint take care of the rest!

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FREE phone reminders and alerts, with your own voice, instantly

Mobile May 28th, 2008

Phonevite™ is the new, fun and simple way to send announcements and reminders over the phone, in your own voice.

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Here’s how it works once you sign up

  1. Record your message on the web, or if you don’t have a headset or PC microphone, simply click on Record on the phone to receive a call, prompting you to record your message.
  2. Add the phone numbers to send the message to. You can add them from the Phone Book or enter them manually.
  3. Choose options: Schedule the time you want the messages sent. Request RSVP’s (”yes”, “no” or “maybe”). Request a Message-back from your audience.
  4. Send!

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Get widgets for your phone with Plusmo

Mobile May 3rd, 2008

Plusmo is a FREE service that lets you run cool mobile widgets on your phone. Mobile widgets are tiny killer apps that offer a much better mobile experience for a specific purpose. There are over 20,000 widgets on Plusmo, most of them created and shared by users like you.

Here’s what you’ll get with Plusmo

  1. The Dynamic ticker cycles through all unread articles and widget update messages. On certain smarter phones such as Windows Mobile, this ticker integrates with the Today screen.
  2. Instantly access bite-sized updates from your favorite web sites. Get your daily dose of celebrity gossip, jokes, puzzles, comics and news updates well formatted for your phone.
  3. Enjoy several cartoon strips updated daily from websites such as Tapestry Comics.
  4. Access over 50 search engines to search the Web, news, shopping or images and cache results locally. For example, keep tabs on Angelina Jolie using the Google News search widget or the local WiFi hotspots using the Yahoo Local Search Widget.
  5. Get updates on your favorite sports teams such as US college sports, pro football, pro baseball and more. Search and add your teams right from your phone.

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Ask anyone about anything on Mosio

Content Sharing, CMS, Mobile April 21st, 2008

Mosio is a mobile question and answer community enabling you to text any question from your phone and have it answered by real people. Harnessing the power of helpful people, mobile technologies and the internet, Mosio gives users access to information anywhere.

How do you ensure the accuracy of the QnA answers?
Well, we can’t. We simply put systems into place that hopefully help the good people feel great and get the people who shouldn’t be answering questions out. We sincerely feel that in the end what we have is a superior service created by people who care to make it great.

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Free WiFi to WiFi calls worldwide with Truphone

Mobile April 17th, 2008

Truphone is a free piece of software that lets you make free and low cost mobile calls via the internet. Truphone don’t do roaming charges, so as long as you have a compatible phone and are connected to Wi-Fi, prices are simple and low from anywhere on the planet.

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Here’s what you’ll get with Truphone

  1. All Truphone’s rates are worldwide. With Truphone it doesn’t matter if you’re in Madrid, Miami, Melbourne, Malaysia or Madagascar - as long as you’re connected to a WiFi network you will pay the same low rate for your mobile phone calls.
  2. With Truphone there are no lengthy contracts, no subscription fees, no monthly bills and no installation charges.
  3. You pay for the calls you make by topping up your credit in the My Account section of Truphone’s website, using your PayPal account.
  4. Any calls you make to other connected Truphone users are free, wherever you both are.
  5. Truphone is brilliant for sending SMS messages from abroad.

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