Sprint Nextel launches "Find It!" location-based search

Sprint has just rolled out a new service that takes advantage of the location-awareness functionality on your phone that's mostly been dead weight up until now (unless you've needed 911 help, that is), in the form of a mobile search site called "Find It!" For $3-a-month, Find It! lets you search for businesses or get driving directions without the need to input your current location -- technology from InfoSpace gleans that info directly from your phone. As you'd expect for a monthly fee, you also get standard search features such as phone number lookup, movie listings, etc, all on any web-enabled Sprint Nextel phone that supports J2ME apps.

[Via Daily Wireless]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 10:14AM]

I still prefer the "free" Google Local Beta even though it can't pinpoint where I am. The directions on it are still great. Satellite view is a little hard to see though on smaller screens.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 1:05PM]

would be nice if this service they just announced was actually available. can't find it on the sprint website...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 11:56PM]

It is not available yet. Sprint has not disclosed when exactly it will be available beyond "soon".

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2006 10:06AM]

April 24th and it is still not out