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"Turn Your Cellphone Into A GPS!"? Not Exactly, But Still Kinda Cool

Published by
Leszek Pawlowicz
at July 30, 2007 in GPS. 4 Comments


DialDirections is a new cellphone service where you:

1. Call their number 347-328-4667 (spells DIR-ECT-IONS)

2. Speak your current street intersection, and where you want to go (address, street intersection or chain store name)

3. Get back directions to your desired destination via a text message.

“Available in the greater metro areas of San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles”; additional metro areas coming in the future. Free except for your cellphone service’s standard charges, which for many plans will be zero.

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4 Responses to “"Turn Your Cellphone Into A GPS!"? Not Exactly, But Still Kinda Cool”

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  1. 1 Tuyen Ho
    Jul 30th, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    Thanks for writing about Dial Directions. Just wanted to confirm that the phone number is 347-328-4667 (and not 4677 for the last four digits).

  2. 2 Leszek Pawlowicz
    Jul 31st, 2007 at 8:11 am

    Sorry – fixed.

  3. 3 askan
    Aug 1st, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    Hi Lezek

    It sounds like a nice service, I wonder how long the text messages can be. Are navigation tools not working in these areas, or are they just not widespread?

    Cheers

    Askan.

  4. 4 Leszek Pawlowicz
    Aug 2nd, 2007 at 8:54 am

    GPS works everywhere, but not everyone has it. This just provides a useful alternative if you don’t have it.

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