Tag Archives: mobile web

Sepo21

SeanB

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3locations offers FREE Mobile MLS® Search

With the recent improvements to 3locations Mobile Optimized MLS® website (http://3lx.ca), we are pleased to announce the launch of FREE Mobile MLS® Search (in and around Vancouver, BC). You can use any mobile phone to send a text message to 778-321-4411 with the address of a home you are interested in and our system will send you the 3 closest listings. 3locations has direct access to the MLS® and it’s available on your phone whenever you need it.
As you know, Realtors provide the MLS® with their real estate listing information. You should ask your Realtor to provide you with a FREE 3locations Mobile MLS® account. Or you can find a Realtor at http://3lx.ca
As well, you can use the following widget to send real estate listings to your phone.

Juno14

SeanB

2

Phase 1 - with Tweaks but no Twitter (yet)

3locations has recently completed the first phase of development of our Mobile MLS solution for Realtors and real estate companies. I am very impressed with the MLSearch functionality. With our system, you can easily request and receive real estate listing information on any phone through SMS. Simply text message any address to +17783214411 and the 3locations system will send you the 3 closest listings in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Phase 1 specifications include:
1) Proximity Search by address or MLS number
2) Active MLS information with Realtor branding and short URL
3) MLS details with listing images on mobile optimized site
4) Web-to-mobile widget for real estate websites
Recent tweaks include increasing the size of the MLS images on the mobile web, reduced the size of the embedded short URL and eliminated unnecessary numbers to achieve a text message of 140 characters.
In our next release, we will be introducing a Twitter api that will deliver MLS information in Tweets that follow references to real estate listings in the original Tweets. Stay tuned for more developments.

Juno08

SeanB

3

Email, Search and Facebook - Mobile Web has arrived!

Numerous reports this week point to the fact that Mobile Internet Usage is reaching critical mass in Canada with close to 4 million mobile web surfers. The growth is staggering when you consider that during the first 3 months of 2009 the rate increased from 16% to 21.3% of all cellphone users, that’s over 900,000 more people accessing the Internet on their phone.
The Nielsen Company, the first third-party analysts to report on the Canadian mobile market see specific trends driving mobile Internet growth, such as the increased use of smartphones, the development of popular phone applications and unlimited data plans. Many advertising campaigns are expanding consumer awareness that mobile phone capabilities are providing a similar user experience to that of using a personal computer.
The top five sites accessed on the mobile web are Windows Live Mail with 1.4 million unique visitors. Google Mobile Search (850,000 unique users), Facebook (784,000 unique users), The Weather Network (674,000 unique users) and Yahoo! Mail with (652,000 unique users).
Another interesting fact is that North America adoption rates are currently 12 to 18 months behind those of Japan and Korea.