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go2 is excited to announce the latest upgrade
to our wireless Web site. This new release continues to keep go2
positioned as a premier wireless site for location and directory services.
With new functionality and content in this release, we think you will
continue to enjoy using our services as we continue to bring you exciting
new features and enhancements!
As always our focus is the mobile subscriber,
and to this end the go2 Product Team is continually striving to create new
functionality to excite you and bring the real world to your mobile
device. We want to keep you as familiar with your neighborhood while you
are traveling as you are with your own.
go2 is featured on an extensive list of phone
carrier including AT&T, Bell Mobility, Cingular Wireless, Nextel,
Qwest, Southern Linc, Sprint PCS, and Verizon. Our sites are also
accessible on PDA devices featuring OmniSky, Palm, or YadaYada carriers;
and on RIM pagers equipped with the Neomar browser.
Early April 2001, go2 released version 4.0.
New features in this release include:
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A new look to our Splash page when opening
the go2 site, and an option for logged in users to turn off splash page
display (look under My go2 - Splash Page - Turn Off/Turn On).
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A complete restructuring of our front deck.
go2 Search has been moved to go2 Directory. go2 Today has been broken
down and its components moved to other verticals. Specifically, What's
New, News, Weather, Sports, US AutoNews, and Tax Tips have moved to the
News & More vertical. Horoscopes, TV Shows, and Fun Stuff have moved
to the Fun & Games vertical.
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Enhanced registration process where a new
user is prompted for demographic details (age, gender, etc.) besides
username, password, and address. Users not wishing to register on a
wireless device now have the option to call in to an 800 number in order
to create a go2 Account.
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The ability to specify Start and Destination
points by 10-digit phone number, and to set Start Points by city and
state information.
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New White Pages search capability for phone
numbers based on last name and location criteria.
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Functionality to retrieve reverse directions
between location points.
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A new Home & Family category under the
go2 Directory vertical, with access to daycare centers, gardening
stores, homecenters, housemaid services, pet stores and services,
religious institutions, security systems, and hardware stores.
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A Specials Book that displays
specials/promotions from go2 clients in the area. Find the link under
Fun & Games, go2 Directory, News & More, Find Restaurant, and
Search. The list is dynamic and dependent upon the user's Start Point
and search radius.
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Airline-tracking capability under go2's
Travel category. Input airline and flight number and retrieve flight
details from the convenience of your wireless device.
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Enhancements to our already-extensive Sports
content. Keep track of scores/venues for March Madness basketball; check
updates for games currently in play, including golf, motor
sports, and tennis.
Plenty of new functionality is coming to the
go2 sites in the next few weeks. Please continue to visit our sites to see
what we are doing to improve our service.
If you have any feedback or product
suggestions, please feel free to send us your feedback at mailto:go2feedback@go2online.com.
Welcome to the Neighborhood
The go2 Product
Team
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