MangoSpring & WhitePages Bring WhitePages Mobile to BlackBerry

Greg Kumparak at TechCrunc reviewed the WhitePages App for BlackBerry and had this to say…

“Good news, BlackBerry users! Never again will you need to kludge around in your browser just to dig up a number or determine who’s behind the number that just called. Following the success of their iPhone and Android applications, WhitePages will soon be announcing the upcoming availability of a native BlackBerry application…The application seems rock solid overall, and does just about everything you might expect…This app has just been submitted to the BlackBerry App World, so it should be available within the next few days. Initial availability will be limited to the BlackBerry Bold, though versions for the Storm, Curve, and Pearl will be released shortly thereafter.”

The Major Features:

• People Search: Being as this is the first thing anyone thinks of when you mention WhitePages, this one’s pretty much mandatory. Pictured above.
• Business: Search by business name or category. Their business database seems relatively exhaustive and up to date.
• Reverse Search: Know a number, but don’t know who owns it? Punch it into reverse search, and they’ll dig through their database to try and pin it on someone.
• Company: As far as we can tell, this feature is making its mobile debut in their BlackBerry app. By searching through “a number of public and proprietary data sources”, Company search allows you to find the contact information for people who work at a specific company. Company name and last name are required. We tested it with a few major chains (Starbucks, Blockbuster) and it functioned as expected, listing their position within the company (where available) and contact information. A bit creepy, but equally useful.
• Recent Results: Even if you’re outside of signal range, you can look through the details for a number of your most recent searches.

MangoSpring is proud to have partnered with WhitePages to bring WhitePages Mobile to Blackberry AppWorld. We took the best of the Caller ID app that we designed and developed for Android and ported it to BlackBerry while reshaping the Caller ID app for a different platform and a different user base. Due to OS limitations, we could not provide the same Caller ID lookup behavior while the device is ringing with an incoming call. However, a reverse phone  lookup can be done for phone numbers in the call log and other places.

The Company Search (as the reviewer called it) is perhaps the coolest feature in this app. This feature lets you search for a work listing for a person in addition to a personal or home listing. This feature should be very appealing to BlackBerry users who tend to use their devices for business oriented communication and personal organization.

Check out this YouTube video for more details.

WhitePages Mobile is available as a premium app in Blackberry App World ($6.99 for six months).  Email us at info at mangospring.com or call us for more information on how we can help you mobilize your brand/service across all handset platforms and operator networks.

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