Comments on: Ask Gives Mobile Directions Without Typing

By: Wooden Pete

Wooden Pete — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:59:39 +0000

Only of use if you don’t already have satellite navigation. And nearly everyone i know has, so i don’t know how successful it will be.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:19:02 +0000

The proof will be in how well it works and how useful it turns out to be, but it does sound like a great idea.

Now I need to go for a long drive and get myself lost to see if Ask can help me find my way home.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:48:41 +0000

Hey Jordan,

At first glance I thought this would be kind of cool. But then I remembered how awful it is to be on the phone with a computerized operator and how difficult it is when they don’t understand what you’re talking about!

I just called the number from www.dialdirections.com and so far so good. I told the phone I was calling from Durham, NC and I was looking to go to Starbucks. She understood and repeated, “Durham, NC” and “Starbucks.” Then she asked my location and I said, “Cornwallis and Fayetteville” Again, she was dead on the nose. THEN she tells me the closest starbucks is 97 miles away in Lynchburg, VA. And really, I’m pretty sure Lynchburg is more than an hour and a half away from Durham.

Guess I’ll be sticking to Google Maps until I get GPS in the car.

Happy New Year

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:31:06 +0000

That sounds like an interesting idea, no pun intended.

Matt