Multiplied Media's Poynt mobile local search application surpasses 1,000,000
users
"We are extremely pleased that our users have come to trust Poynt as their go-to application for mobile local search," stated Andrew Osis, CEO, Multiplied Media. "The increase we have seen in average monthly searches per user reinforces our decision to add people and restaurant search to Poynt. With the continued adoption of our latest release by the existing user base and the anticipation of our previously announced version for iPhone, we expect continued user growth, and as a result, growth in average searches per user which in turn contributes to revenue generation."
Poynt is a free(xx) local search application that delivers business, people, movie and restaurant listings by keyword and location. The application is available for the BlackBerry(R) Pearl(TM) and BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) series smartphones, as well as the BlackBerry(R) Bold(TM), BlackBerry(R) Storm(TM) and BlackBerry(R) Tour(TM) smartphones and takes advantage of capabilities including locates by GPS* and cell-site, click-to-call, click-to-map and click-to-browse-website. Poynt is available to BlackBerry smartphone owners in
* Requires a GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphone. (xx) Wireless charges may apply. Please check with your wireless service provider. About Multiplied Media Corporation ----------------------------------
Multiplied Media (www.multiplied.com) has developed the award-winning application Poynt (www.mypoynt.com), the mobile local search service available over BlackBerry smartphones. Through agreements with directory and vertical content providers in
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For further information: Andrew Osis, CEO & Director, Multiplied Media Corporation, (403) 444-4102, [email protected]; MEDIA CONTACT: Margaret Glover-Campbell, Director, Communications, Multiplied Media Corporation, (403) 444-4105, [email protected]
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