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12/01/03: The Demise of the PDA? (Commentary4Mobility Newsletter,
Andy Seybold )
...Vindigo and others are working on their content offerings and some BREW and Java developers are making headway.
12/01/03: Vindigo City Guide for Phones (Travel & Leisure
Magazine)
11/24/03: Qualcomm Advertorial, "A Brave New World
of Wireless" (Forbes)
11/05/03: Mobile
Marketing Strategies Proves As Transient As Their Consumer Targets (MediaDaily
News)
10/20/03: Upoc,
Vindigo offer service for BREW (RCR Wireless)
10/17/03: U.S.
Cellular & Vindigo Studios Partner to Develop and Provide Popular Entertainment
Applications (Wireless Developer Network)
10/16/03: Vindigo Studios launches NYTimes.com Mobile News Service
NYTimes.com Launches Mobile News Service (Internet.com)
NYTimes.com Launches Paid Mobile News Service (MediaPost)
NYTimes.com Launches Mobile News Service (Wireless AdWatch)
N.Y. Times content to hit cell phones (MSN mobile e-zine)
NYTimes.com Launches Paid Wireless Service With Verizon (PaidContent.org)
NYTIMES.COM Launches Paid Mobile News Service with Vindigo Studios and Verizon Wireless (Wireless Gaming Review)
10/07/03: Vindigo Studios launches MapQuest Mobile
Vindigo delivers MapQuest to mobile phones (Infosyncworld.com)
Vindigo Studios Delivers MapQuest To Mobile Phone Customers (CDMA Development Group)
Vindigo Studios Delivers MapQuest to your Mobile Phone (MobileMag.com)
Vindigo Studios today announced that they will be the leading developer behind the new MapQuest Mobile Powered by Vindigo, which MapQuest launched on Verizon Wireless.
Verizon expands data content with Disney, MapQuest deals (RCR Wireless)
Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.
08/27/03: Mobile
Gaming Space Revs Up . Vindigo on Sprint (RCR Wireless)
Separately, Vindigo Studios announced it will sell its Vindigo city guide on Sprint PCS. network.
08/25/03: Vindigo
Available on Sprint PCS (CNET)
After almost four years of waiting, Jason Devitt believes the time is now.Packet-switched networks are online. Mobile phones feature color graphics. And-perhaps most importantly-carriers can bill for third-party applications."None of those things existed when we started the company,"...
July 14, 2003
Vindigo Takes City, Movie Guides to ALLTEL
"On the heels of a deal to provide its city-guide application for Verizon Wireless, New York-based Vindigo Studios Monday joined forces with carrier ALLTEL to provide its Vindigo 2.0 and MovieGoer by Vindigo applications to ALLTEL's Axcess Apps customers."
June 19, 2003
June 13, 2003Navigation PDAs Look for Their Market
"It's an interesting argument, and there is something to it: Vindigo, the highly useful PDA-based restaurant chain and movie finder, provides walking -- not driving -- directions."
June 9, 2003"Companies like mobile media publisher AvantGo and city guide provider Vindigo were then finding limited success with online ad campaigns. But a lot has changed in three years -- these firms are now going strong. "
June 3, 2003AT&T: Making Cents with PrePaid Content Cards
" 'Vindigo 2.0 has long enjoyed enthusiastic word-of-mouth referrals, but until now, we had no way to reach people in stores,' says Jason Devitt, Vindigo's CEO. 'With this new subscription card, consumers will learn about Vindigo 2.0 when they buy their handheld device, enabling us to reach them at the crucial point-of-sale. AT&T PrePaid Web Cents Service is a great tool for online content providers to reach consumers in an offline environment.' "
Web Warehouse: Retailers Now Stock Digital Goods Using Prepaid PoSA
The Web Cents service brings together participating retailers, such as the PRE Solutions Retail Partner Network, Speedway SuperAmerica LLC and Uni-Marts Inc., with content providers like Cellus USA, Disney Online, Shockwave.com GameBlast and Vindigo. By the end of April, cards were to be available in some 4,000 retail stores across the country with more stores to be added in the coming months.
May 5, 2003
RightNow Provides Vindigo With Web-based Support
"'Vindigo provides a dramatic example of just how effective customer service over the Web can be,' Sean Forbes, vice president of marketing and business development at RightNow, said."
May 5, 2003
QUALCOMM Concludes Packed BREW(TM) 2003 Developers Conference
April 28, 2003
"'None of the solutions for Java that companies have pieced together so far, is as powerful or as complete as the BREW solution,' said Jason Devitt, chief executive officer of Vindigo. 'I predict that in the United States in 2003, BREW applications will make four times more revenue than Java applications.'"
April 26, 2003
"Vindigo costs $3.95 a month or $24.95 for a year's subscription. That could be less than what I spent on gas just driving around L.A."
April 24, 2003
A Stepping Stone into Wireless
"Wireless devices are modern, hi-tech and constantly evolving, but advertising via these devices has not yet completely caught on as a standard advertising medium. However, Vindigo has managed to encourage some brands to take their first steps into the wireless space and will most likely continue to play a significant role in spurring the adoption of wireless advertising."
April 21, 2003
"Handheld device users are shaping up to be a sweet spot for advertisers seeking to drive results and increase brand awareness. Vindigo, a developer and publisher of consumer services for wireless phones and handheld devices, has announced results of several recent advertising campaigns with leading beverage and automotive companies that capitalized on the power of mobile advertising using Vindigo 2.0, which offers local entertainment information including movie reviews and show times, restaurant reviews, bar and shop locations, and museum and live music offerings."
April 1, 2003
AT&T to offer prepaid Web surfing cards
"The cards are Web site-specific, and companies including Walt Disney, electronic city guide provider Vindigo and entertainment site AtomShockwave have partnered with AT&T in the micropayment venture."
March 31, 2003
"If you live in (or visit) a Vindigo-indexed city and have a PDA, go to this site."
March 25, 2003
Forget Content, the Money's in Services
"For $29.95 a year, Vindigo sells location-based access to content on PDAs but the content is provided entirely by business partners. 'That content is already available for free but, because there is value in the service, people are paying for it. It's the service that's valuable, not the content,' Devitt argued."
March 17, 2003
"...the newest generation of color handsets and the advent of faster, next-generation digital cellular networks make over-the-air delivery of Vindigo content on phones feasible."
March
16, 2003
Your Cell Phone Is for Talking? How Passé.
"A program called Vindigo best shows off its possibilities... the wireless connection means its data on nearby restaurants, bars and stores is always up-to-date. "
March 15, 2003
"As well as making it possible to scribble virtually anywhere, linking the real and virtual worlds through mobile devices could also change users' perception of their surroundings, says Jason Devitt of Vindigo, a company based in New York that provides location-based services on both handheld computers and mobile phones. 'You should be able to stand on a street corner and find out everything that's going on around you,' he says. 'In the grandest sense, I think these devices are capable of extending your senses.' Instead of just looking along the street at what is visible, he suggests, 'it should be possible to know and see everything that people make available to you.'"
February 15, 2003
"Wireless navigation services developer Vindigo says its Vindigo 2.0 application now is available to AT&T Wireless subscribers who use Java 2 Mobile Edition-enabled phones."
February 14, 2003
"Vindigo is a relative steal at $3.75 per month"
January 23, 2003
"For my money, Vindigo 2.0 is still the best PDA mapping tool."
January 15, 2003
Vindigo Locks in Directional Patent
"The patent helps the New York-based company protect a popular feature in its Palm OS- and Pocket PC-based software that computes walking and driving directions to the restaurants or locations for which they are searching."
January
6, 2003
December 6, 2002Carriers Plan to Deploy Location-Based Services
"Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced its Vindigo service in July, which is available on the carrier's Z-800 BREW handset and allows users to download maps, driving directions and ratings and reviews of nearby shops and restaurants."
December 6, 2002Vindigo quoted in wireless marketing study by ScenarioDNA (Acrobat required)
Vindigo showcased on CBS
October 12, 2002
When You Gotta Go, Ask Vindigo
"New York-based Vindigo has been adding a variety of directories and metropolitan areas to its database, which now covers more than 35 markets, including Washington and Baltimore."
October 8, 2002
"Palm OS travel service application and city guides adds new content that includes local weather and whereabouts of public restrooms."
October 7, 2002
Go More and Know More with Vindigo 2.0
"Vindigo today announced an expansion of its content and support offerings for additional U.S. markets."
October 7, 2002
Vindigo widens reach, adds services
"Start-up Vindigo announced on Monday that it added new services and expanded market coverage for its software that runs on handheld devices. The New York-based company sells a subscription service that provides information, such as locations and addresses of restaurants and shops, to device owners."
September 18, 2002
Designing the century's first digital city
"Vindigo, which is an entertainment guide, is another good example of how technology is changing the way people perceive cities. Go to the East Village on a Friday night and you will see people using it to figure out where to go."
September 13, 2002
Sites to Behold: The Best in Online Travel
"With daily updates and showtimes for music, movies and other events, Vindigo is designed to be downloaded into handheld computers and some cell phones."
August 12, 2002
"Vindigo has selected Webraska to provide driving directions for its location-based service."
August 5, 2002
Venture capitalists turn thumbs down on locals - but strong businesses still win backing
"The key to success for Vindigo, as with the other firms that were funded, is that it has a strong record of increasing revenues and a growing customer base."
July 26, 2002
"Vindigo, based in New York City, believes that anyone should be able to stand on any street and know what's going on around the corner - and all over the world."
July 11, 2002
Vindigo 'Brews' City Guides for Verizon
"Verizon Wireless is rolling out an advanced new feature for subscribers: the popular city-guide application Vindigo. And it comes with a billing system that could help advance the wireless industry."
July 10, 2002
Verizon dials in for downtown details
"Verizon Wireless announced Wednesday that it is offering some customers the ability to wirelessly download the electronic city guide program Vindigo. "
June 13, 2002
Vindigo 2.0 receives Editors Choice Status
CNET Editors' Choice awards recognize computing products of the highest quality, design, and service to users. Products bearing the CNET Editors' Choice graphic have been rigorously tested and carefully evaluated by our panel of expert editors and writers. We are committed to making the CNET Editors' Choice seal the hallmark of good product design, performance, quality, and value.
May 29, 2002
Wireless Guides Still Hot: Vindigo Receives $6.1 Million in Third Round Funding
VentureReporter.net Wednesday, May 29, 2002, 1:17 PM ET
May 29, 2002
May 29, 2002
May 28, 2002
May 13, 2002
Review: Vindigo 2.0 for PalmOS and Pocket PC
"Vindigo is a shoo-in for top application on my PDA. The associated cost ($24.99 per year) is tiny in comparison to the amount of value offered by Vindigo. I highly recommend any user living in, or visiting the 28 locations covered by Vindigo, download the free 30-day trial and see for yourself how useful this application can be."
April 26, 2002
Synopsis: Tech-savvy urbanites have become dependent on [Vindigo] for planning, well, everything. The proof? Personal ads keep popping up on dating sites like Salon Personals citing "Vindigo, and you, my darling," among those items not to be lived without.
April
3 , 2002
TechTV Labs took Vindigo 2.0, the latest version of the handheld city guide, on a local trip to help us find places to eat, movies to see, and even places to park our car.
March 19, 2002
Vindigo Looks to Get More Users To Pay for Its City Guide Services
March 18, 2002
Vindigo Goes in the Right Direction
Location-based content distributor Vindigo will start to do what most media companies dream of doing: charge wired customers for content.
March 18, 2002
March 17, 2002
February 2002
PC Magazine's Top 100 Classics
Vindigo chosen as Top 100 Classic in the Computing section."Let your handheld take you to dinner and a movie."
February
2002Gupta's Greats: Reviews from Third-Party Products Editor, Nitin Gupta
"Thanks to Vindigo, you will never go hungry or get bored in a new city."
January
2002
Best Sites for 2002
Vindigo chosen as the best handheld tool for 2002.
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