Comments on: FROG Interface http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/ All About Mobile 2.0 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Meetings http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-417766 Meetings Fri, 02 May 2008 03:11:37 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-417766 great phone great phone

]]> By: bob http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-372133 bob Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:31:35 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-372133 gI9i4n hi nice site thx http://peace.com gI9i4n hi nice site thx http://peace.com

]]> By: Riordan http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-250994 Riordan Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:15:39 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-250994 The above is pretty clearly a planted comment. It reads even more like an advertisement than the original post which sounds like it was taken straight off a press release. The above is pretty clearly a planted comment. It reads even more like an advertisement than the original post which sounds like it was taken straight off a press release.

]]> By: Andrew W http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-193984 Andrew W Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:37:21 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-193984 don't know what all the negativity's about... I love my frog! I signed up like a month ago, and totally use it to find things. I live in LA, so I use Mapquest or Traffic almost every day. I've definitely used the ATM finder and the movies link, and they both worked pretty good for me. I don't know about anyone else, but I barely used the internet on my phone. most websites suck, there all just a bunch of text. but frog rules, I'll look up anything now online. and I set the frog color to look good in my windows theme on my moto q! don’t know what all the negativity’s about… I love my frog! I signed up like a month ago, and totally use it to find things.

I live in LA, so I use Mapquest or Traffic almost every day. I’ve definitely used the ATM finder and the movies link, and they both worked pretty good for me.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I barely used the internet on my phone. most websites suck, there all just a bunch of text. but frog rules, I’ll look up anything now online. and I set the frog color to look good in my windows theme on my moto q!

]]> By: sanjay http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-174781 sanjay Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:33:49 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-174781 just used frog, yeah, not even useful in NYC, the only bus route available is NYC water taxi, the ATM locator is fails to mention WHAT ATM is being shown and what the fees are, the movie locator showed me theatres 3 miles away first before I had to go to the one in my neighborhood, the restaurant locator if you don't choose the correct cuisine, shows you restaurants A-Z and doesn't allow you to jump to any other letter without going page by page by clicking "next page". If it was me, and I had 5 minutes to use this service to find something, I'd do the following: GO to the NYC transit webpage to find not only bus/subway routes by address, but also find when those busses/subways are coming (NYC Transit now shows me that information) ATM locator would be either a call to my bank, or a visit to their Website. Restaurant locator would be a google-based-zip-code search. Theatres would be a visit to movies.com or again a google-based zip code search for movie theatres. What's the point of showing me a link to google email or yahoo email when I can set up the former using pop-forwarding and the latter if I'm paying for a yearly fee and doing the same? Not a useful site if it's not even going to show me something that is: 1. Useful to me locally. 2. easy to navigate without having to click through 6 levels of navigation to get to information irrelevant to me. just used frog, yeah, not even useful in NYC, the only bus route available is NYC water taxi, the ATM locator is fails to mention WHAT ATM is being shown and what the fees are, the movie locator showed me theatres 3 miles away first before I had to go to the one in my neighborhood, the restaurant locator if you don’t choose the correct cuisine, shows you restaurants A-Z and doesn’t allow you to jump to any other letter without going page by page by clicking “next page”.

If it was me, and I had 5 minutes to use this service to find something, I’d do the following:

GO to the NYC transit webpage to find not only bus/subway routes by address, but also find when those busses/subways are coming (NYC Transit now shows me that information)

ATM locator would be either a call to my bank, or a visit to their Website.

Restaurant locator would be a google-based-zip-code search.

Theatres would be a visit to movies.com or again a google-based zip code search for movie theatres.

What’s the point of showing me a link to google email or yahoo email when I can set up the former using pop-forwarding and the latter if I’m paying for a yearly fee and doing the same?

Not a useful site if it’s not even going to show me something that is:

1. Useful to me locally.
2. easy to navigate without having to click through 6 levels of navigation to get to information irrelevant to me.

]]> By: Dkhare http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-152623 Dkhare Tue, 22 May 2007 20:15:55 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/05/21/frog-interface/#comment-152623 Peter, Nice post. I've been looking at the on-device portal space for a quite a while now and think that this space is quite competitive - there are many startups in this space as well as some more establishes companies. The technology is pretty straightforward but, as always in the mobile space, doing distribution deals with mobile operators (if executing on an on-deck business model) or deals with brands (if executing an off-deck model) are the keys to success. Vendors such as SurfKitchen, Plusmo, Mobio, Nokia's Widsets etc. are all aiming at this market in different ways. It'd hard to tell if there will be a standalone large company created in this category. Rgds, Dev Peter,

Nice post. I’ve been looking at the on-device portal space for a quite a while now and think that this space is quite competitive - there are many startups in this space as well as some more establishes companies. The technology is pretty straightforward but, as always in the mobile space, doing distribution deals with mobile operators (if executing on an on-deck business model) or deals with brands (if executing an off-deck model) are the keys to success.

Vendors such as SurfKitchen, Plusmo, Mobio, Nokia’s Widsets etc. are all aiming at this market in different ways.

It’d hard to tell if there will be a standalone large company created in this category.

Rgds,
Dev

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