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Official YellowPages iPhone Application?

Sunday July 15, 2007 2:58 am PDT by Arnold Kim
One reader reports that a Yellowpages.com representative claimed that Yellowpages.com would soon be arriving on the iPhone as a new application similar to Youtube. It is reportedly due sometime next month, presumably though an iPhone software update.

Yellowpages.com is a telephone directory owned by AT&T. They already have mobile versions of the site available for a limited number of AT&T mobile devices. It certainly seems conceivable that an iPhone specific version could be in the works.
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joshysquashy
60 months ago
I was thinking this would make a great app and was about to suggest it.

i hope they do the same when it comes to the uk with yell.com.

Could be really handy. wonder if it would require a connection to the internet? could it cache your local numbers?
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sebastianlewis
60 months ago
Excellent. Apple is being consistent with applications that make sense on iPhone... I just hope this doesn't change too soon.

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JPyre
60 months ago
Good idea, would be faster than google maps, which isnt that slow.
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centauratlas
60 months ago



One reader reports that a Yellowpages.com representative claimed that Yellowpages.com would soon be arriving on the iPhone as a new application similar to Youtube.


What features does everyone think it should have? (Besides the obvious lookup, maps etc).
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Donnacha
60 months ago
I'm surprised that Apple would partner with YellowPages rather than Google for this - it strikes me that, ultimately, Google will offers a far more comprehensive and interconnected version of the same idea.
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sebastianlewis
60 months ago

I'm surprised that Apple would partner with YellowPages rather than Google for this - it strikes me that, ultimately, Google will offers a far more comprehensive and interconnected version of the same idea.


AT&T Owns Yellowpages.com

No other reason really, but it is a partnership and Apple has to give some stuff back to AT&T.

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twoodcc
60 months ago
i wouldn't mind seeing this on my iPhone :cool:
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ross.32
60 months ago
I could also give caller ID for people who are not in your adress book.
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coolfactor
60 months ago

I'm surprised that Apple would partner with YellowPages rather than Google for this - it strikes me that, ultimately, Google will offers a far more comprehensive and interconnected version of the same idea.


Google indexes website content. Yellow Pages is a business directory organized into categories.

Different things.
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mduser63
60 months ago
I'd like this and the new movie times widget from Leopard. I do think they should move the widgets (Weather, Stocks, Calculator) into a "Widgets" or "Dashboard" app instead of leaving them in the main screen. It'd also be nice if they'd open things up so people can use Dashcode to develop iPhone widgets that can actually be installed on the iPhone so that a 'net connection isn't strictly necessary to run them.
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