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A SWEET REASON TO TEXT MESSAGE

Find Chocolate or Flowers Near You by Texting Tellme

Thursday, February 1, 2007 – Mountain View, CA – To find Valentine’s Day gifts locally simply text message “Chocolate” or “Flowers” and your zip code to Tellme. Tellme will text you back the contact information and map to your local candy or flower shops, for free.  Then just call the business or click on the map to get your Valentine’s Day underway!

Tellme is making it easier to find local businesses by sending a text message to TELLM (83556) from any mobile phone. Users can search by a category, like “Flowers” or “Chocolate,” or for a specific business by business name like “Mill’s Florist.”

Tellme improves how people use their phone to search for answers they need everyday.

“By bringing voice and text access to Internet information, Tellme is making it quick and easy to find what you need when you’re on-the-go,” said Marcello Typrin, director of product marketing at Tellme.

Tellme was founded in 1999 by former Netcsape and Microsoft employees with the goal of making Internet information available to everyone from any phone.Today the company powers hundreds of phone services used by more than 40 million people every month. In addition to providing a consumer mobile search service, Tellme also uses its platform to power phone applications. These include directory assistance (411) for Cingular and Verizon, customer service for Merrill Lynch, E*TRADE Financial and American Airlines, and e-commerce services for Amazon.com and Fandango. 

Contact:
Marci Pedrazzi
marci@tellme.com
650-930-9060
408-921-6993 (mobile)