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Multiplied Media Announces Update to Poynt Application for iPhone


Published on 2010-05-10 09:11:22 - Market Wire
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 10, 2010) - Multiplied Media Corporation (TSX VENTURE:MMC), a leading provider of mobile local search services, today announced an update to its free, all-in-one local search application Poynt, now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch from the iTunes App Store. The new update to Poynt includes changes to the appearance of the app as well as to the way the app interacts with the iPhone to ensure the ultimate user experience.

Poynt connects iPhone users to businesses, movies, retailers, restaurants and people. Poynt utilizes unique augmented reality capabilities that overlay search results with the real-world environment as viewed through the iPhone's camera, providing the user with a powerful augmented local search experience.

Poynt users will now have the option of changing the look and feel of the application's home screen to work best with how they use their device. Previously Poynt's search categories were solely displayed on a movable carousel. Now with this update, users have the option to pinch and spread the icons into a static grid format, making the selection of a search category quick and easy. Users can easily move between the two home screen options as they see fit.

Poynt has also updated its call gesture feature, offering users a robust in-app calling solution tapping into the iPhone's proximity sensor and accelerometer. When a user finds a restaurant, business or person using Poynt they can simply hold the phone to their face and Poynt will automatically dial the contact, restaurant or business phone number.

The new version of Poynt is immediately available for download from the iTunes App Store: [ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/poynt/id348780264?mt=8 ]

Poynt is a free application and is now available to iPhone and iPod Touch users in Canada and the United States. Poynt is also available for BlackBerry smartphones on BlackBerry® App World ([ www.blackberry.com/appworld ]) or via Over the Air download at m.poynt.com.

About Multiplied Media Corporation

Multiplied Media ([ www.multiplied.com ]) develops and operates mobile applications that enhance the consumers' ability to connect with the people and businesses most important to them. Their multi-award-winning application Poynt ([ www.poynt.com ]) is a mobile local search service available over BlackBerry smartphones and iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Through agreements with directory and vertical content providers in Canada, the United States and Europe, Poynt simplifies finding and connecting with businesses, retailers and events wherever and whenever it is most convenient for the consumer. The MyInboxNow offering, from newly acquired UnoMobi ([ www.unomobi.com ]), enables low-end feature phones to behave like smartphones for email access. MyInboxNow is available to mobile operators as a private label solution. Headquartered in Calgary, AB, Canada, Multiplied Media trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MMC.

Apple, iPhone and iPod Touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.


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