Poynt announced that over 1 billion consumer queries and resulting actions have been performed using the Poynt mobile local search application. The data includes searches within the app’s seven feature verticals – Businesses, People, Movies, Events, Gas, Restaurants and Weather as well as the behavioral data such as clicking to call, clicking to browse and mapping directions. At the same time, the company also surpassed 6.4 million unique users, with the user growth accelerating during the month of February — there were an average of 30,000 new users daily during the month. As you probably know, Poynt is made to connect consumers to local businesses, events, restaurants, movie theaters, gas prices and weather information. Aside from providing basic information, it also comes with interactive capabilities allowing users to view movie trailers and reviews, buy movie tickets, click-to-call businesses, get directions, browse listing websites and read reviews and book dining reservations. Poynt Read More

The Poynt location-based search app for BlackBerry has been updated with a variety of changes, mainly optimizations for OS 6 on the Torch 9800 (i.e. universal search and new contextual menu icons), but there are some solid new features, like routing through Google Maps rather than BlackBerry Maps, and Rotten Tomatoes ratings when looking up movies. Among the usual breed of bug fixes, there’s also new result sorting options and extended weather forecasts in version 1.6. Poynt is a really excellent search app also available on iPhone and Android that takes your position into account no matter what you’re looking for. There are dedicated channels available for gas stations, movies, restaurants,  white pages, and yellow pages, with tight integration with the native address book, phone, and mapping applications. The well-polished UI and highly practical functions make Poynt one of my favourite apps, and if you give it a shot at one Read More

The Poynt location-based search app for iPhone now has a new category of search that’s already available on Android and BlackBerry versions: gas prices. You can sort results by proximity or price, and launch right into Maps for turn-by-turn directions. The update also includes iOS 4 optimizations, and some fresh integration with the native calendar, so you can be reminded of movie times or dinner reservations. You can also now add theatres to favourites for quick access later on. Of course, all of the other stuff is still there, including augmented reality, calling search results just by bringing the phone to your ear,  and white pages, yellow pages, restaurant, and movie search. Everything’s really well-integrated with the native apps, and generally includes a lot of expanded functions, like reverse phone lookup, and movie trailers. Download links to Poynt on iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry are below. – Download Poynt for iPhone (Free) Read More

Poynt’s location-based reference app for BlackBerry is getting an impressive new feature thanks to Telus. If you have incomplete or absent results when doing a business search, you can launch a phone call to a live service rep who can look up more information for you and update the Poynt database. Details right now are a bit skimpy, though – do you need to a be a Telus customer to make use of this, or do you even need to be in Canada? The release is apparently for North America, so may very well be usable in the U.S. What I’m mostly curious about is what is Telus getting out of this? The only other time I’ve seen a mobile app make use of live operators was Pocket Express, and it was  subscription-based service. Poynt is free, so what are they giving Telus? Phone numbers? Search history? Business listing data? Location? Read More

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Poynt’s local search app for iPhone has been updated with a few tiny, but worthwhile features. For one, the home screen which traditionally showed all of the search categories in a carousel, but now you can view them in a grid format with a quick pinch. The calling function, which dialed to search results when you brought the phone to your face, now uses the accelerometer as well as the proximity sensor for better responsiveness. Poynt for iPhone has only been around about two months, but has been doing very well among the free apps available on iTunes. If you haven’t seen our quick video from CES, Poynt helps you find restaurants, movies, people, businesses, and even gas prices based on your current GPS or cell-site location. Once you have the results, you can map directions, make calls, check reviews, and lots of other contextual info. Some of those search fields Read More

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There’s only one day left to enter the “Augment your Reality with Poynt Contest” for a chance to a trip for two to New York, NY valued at US$5,000 and US$2,500 spending money. Poynt wants TiPb readers to help them celebrate the launch of their new iPhone app [iTunes link] — and help them name their Augmented Reality feature. To enter, think of the very best name you can and go If you haven’t already, go enter now! Read More

Poynt wants TiPb readers to help them celebrate the launch of their new iPhone app [iTunes link] — and help them name their Augmented Reality feature. If your name is chosen for the feature, you’ll win a trip for two to New York, NY valued at US$5,000 and US$2,500 spending money. To enter, think of the very best name you can and go Details after the break! Help celebrate the launch of Poynt for the iPhone! Poynt wants you to help name our Augmented Reality feature. Brainstorm it or think of it in the shower – whatever works best. It’s your chance to potentially name the biggest thing since the wheel — okay maybe not that big, but we think it’s pretty awesome! Get your idea together and submit it to The iPhone Blog (www.TiPb.com) before April 7, 2010, or such later date as Multiplied Media Corporation (the “Sponsor”) may decide Read More

Applications that search for local businesses, restaurants, people and movies are nothing new to the app store. There have been great apps for this purpose and there have been very poor ones. Poynt is one of the better applications when it comes to user interface and search capabilities. What it lacks in some areas, it makes up in others. The main navigation page consists of four icons that may be selected by swiping your finger across the screen to spin them around. The animation is smooth here and it actually becomes fun to select which category you’d like to search. You can select movies, restaurants, businesses or people. The app will automatically find your current position so you can search nearby businesses, or you can type in your own location and they will be saved in a list for future use. The movies section includes the standard options with some unique Read More

Poynt has come to the iPhone, after having been a very popular free app on BlackBerry phones. Poynt provides local searches of individuals and businesses. It also shares a database with Open Table, so you can use it to make reservations at restaurants. Unlike the BlackBerry app, it has augmented reality, but is missing some features beloved by the Blackberry crowd. Like some of the other iPhone search apps, you can enter the name of a business, and get a phone number, links to a website (if there is one), a mapped location, or directions. If you use the theater search, you'll find nearby movie houses. You can also search by movie genres, or get a list of the top 10 box office films. You can't buy tickets, but you can stream trailers. (Note: The developer says you can buy tickets if a ticket icon appears next to the distance marker. Read More

Since I have never owned a BlackBerry (RIM) device, I hadn’t used Multiplied Media’s local search app Poynt until recently, so I really can’t share in that “it’s just like I remember it” experience.  But apparently Poynt for the iPhone is just like many former BlackBerry owners remember it, which appears to be a very good thing. Poynt is an award-winning BlackBerry app that was recently brought over to the iPhone with most of its features still intact.  The free local search app allows you to find businesses, movies, people, and restaurants near you and then gives you the tools to connect with them. Poynt‘s interface is extremely clean and easy to navigate. Just tap on one of the four icons and begin your search.  Poynt uses your current location to find the nearest and best results for each category. For example, when you search for movies you are given the Read More