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Mobile
Commerce Services Directory
This is not an exhaustive guide to mobile commerce
services, but a selection of leading service providers and useful
demonstrations. Some of the resources listed in the directory are
themselves directories, and these give wider coverage of the growing
population of available services.
Send
items for inclusion to paul.may@verista.com.
Selected
mobile commerce and mobile business news items appear on Paul May's
blog.
Last
update: 7 January 2002.
Service Directories and Search Engines
| Awooga |
Directory
of rated Wap sites, also email and bookmark services |
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| Gixom |
Catalogue
of Wap sites |
Presumed
defunct (Jan '02). |
| Mopilot |
Searchable
directory of wap sites; company also offers WinWAP, a Wap microbrowser
for Windows; website also shows statistics of the mobile browser
types being used to access the site |
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| Orktopas |
Search
engine for Wap sites |
Now
offers unknown .exe file for download, with no explanation. Avoid
until file has been investigated (Apr '01). |
| VoiceXMLCentral |
VoiceXML
search engine and community |
Not
updated since Nov '00 (Jan '02). |
| wapaw.com |
Wap
site directory |
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Mobile
Portals and Community Services
| CNN |
Web-based
demonstration of CNN Mobile with a mobile phone |
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| Genie |
Mobile
portal for UK digital cell phones. Website includes free text
messaging to any UK phone. |
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| inkontact |
Social
and professional contact management service |
Appears
to be in transition to new service (Apr '01). No progress (Jan
'02). |
| iobox |
Leading
European mobile portal |
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| Room33 |
Multi-channel
portal operating in a number of countries |
Site
down (Jan '02). |
| Sessami |
Lifestyle
portal for urban singles and groups |
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| Wapprofit |
Mobile
portal and content provider; website includes examples of portals
developed for Wap and i-mode delivery |
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| Your
Wap |
Personal
information management portal for Wap users |
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Content and Messaging Services
| AvantGo |
Delivers
content channels optimised for PDAs |
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| myAlert |
Alerts
pushed to cell phones |
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| OmniSky |
Wireless
services for PDAs |
Acquired
by Earthlink in Dec '01; will continue to operate (Jan '02). |
| UltiVerse |
Multi-channel
messaging and information management services |
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| Unimobile |
Text
messaging for all types of mobile device |
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Entertainment
Services
| Ludiwap |
Games
for wireless devices |
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| MatchOn |
Real-time
soccer coverage, results and statistics |
Presumed
defunct (Jan '02). |
| WapGag:) |
Jokes
to your phone |
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Financial Services
| Bank
of America |
Wireless
financial services demonstration using Palm V PDA and NeoPoint
cell phone |
Demo
withdrawn (Jan '02). |
| Fingo |
Mobile
financial portal, including brokering services; website includes
demos for Wap, Palm, PocketPC, EPOC devices |
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Reservation Services
| book2eat.com |
Wap
restaurant-booking service launched initially in London |
Closed
(Jan '02). |
| BookingZone |
Wireless
reservations service for consumers and business users; includes
restaurants and repair companies |
Site
giving errors (Apr '01). Presumed defunct (Jan '02). |
| U-go |
Taxi
bookings by SMS |
No
sign of content yet; was due to launch in April 2001 (Apr '01).
Never appeared (Jan '02). |
Shopping Services
| 12snap |
Auctions
and shopping in UK, Germany and Italy |
Morphed
into an m-marketing company (Jan '02). |
| E-Compare |
Wireless
and online search engine for pricing, availability, and shipping
costs on a wide range of products |
Presumed
defunct (Jan '02). |
| Iqorder |
Multi-channel
shopping service |
Site
down (Apr '01). Presumed defunct (Jan '02). |
| SCAN |
Best-price
retailer, uses SMS solution in Europe and voice-based solution
in US |
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Travel Services
| biztravel.com |
Flight
schedules, fares, availability and status to various types of
mobile device |
Now
infohub.com (Jan '02). |
| CitiKey |
Guides
to major cities in Europe, with North America and Asia planned |
Site
down (Apr '01). Now e-street.com; no longer mobile-oriented (Jan
'02). |
| GetThere
DirectMobile |
Wireless
travel reservation and information service; complements an existing
web-based service |
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| Maptuit |
Travel
directions and maps delivered to mobile devices |
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| OAG |
Flight
information for mobile devices including Palm and PocketPC PDAs
and Wap phones |
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| TomTom |
Wireless
personalised travel information servic |
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| Vindigo |
Advice
on the nearest and best places to eat, shop and play for PalmOS
device users. |
New
entry (Apr '01). |
| Webraska |
Wireless
travel information service using maps and directions |
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Mobile
Payment Systems
| PayPal |
Person-to-person
payments system |
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| ProPay |
Cash
beaming solution for PDA users |
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Mobile
Device Emulators
| i-mode
Emulator |
A
Web-based emulator showing i-mode sites on a virtual cell phone.
Your browser will need the Japanese character set installed for
best performance. |
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| Wapalizer |
A
web-based emulator allowing users to access live Wap sites on
a virtual cell phone. Different types of cell phone can be selected.
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