Information finder

4INFO
www.4info.net [1]
This Palo Alto startup offers sports scores and stats, stock quotes, flight information, price comparisons, Wi-Fi hotspot locations, and even package tracking, all via basic text messaging.

Google
www.google.com/mobile [2]
Check your Gmail with your phone, search the Web, or look up local businesses.

JumpTap
www.jumptap.com [3]
A Cambridge, Mass.-based startup, JumpTap was chosen in September to be Alltel's search partner.

Loopt
www.loopt.com [4]
Find your friends fast. That’s the premise and promise of this Palo Alto startup that relies on phones with GPS devices.

Medio Systems
www.mediosystems.com [5]
Verizon Wireless chose this Seattle-based search provider to help users find games, ringtones, and graphics.

Promptu
www.promptu.com [6]
Promptu’s Spoken Search lets users find ringtones, songs, games, and other content just by asking for it out loud.

V-Enable
www.v-enable.com [7]
A provider of voice and text-based mobile search based in San Diego.

VoiceBox Technologies
www.voicebox.com [8]
No more triple-tapping your keypad. That’s the promise of VoiceBox’s conversational search technology.

Yahoo! Mobile Search
mobile.yahoo.com/search [9]
Search the Web or use SMS to find local listings and other info.

Entertainment hub

MobiTV
www.mobitv.com [10]
With a reported $100 million in funding, MobiTV promises live television anywhere anytime.

mSpot
www.mspot.com [11]
Sprint recently launched a pay-per-view streaming movie service, the first of its kind in the U.S., powered by Palo Alto-based mSpot.

Eyeka
www.eyeka.com [12]
Eyeka fosters a community of users sharing their photos online and on their mobile phones.

Remote control

AT&T Remote Monitor
www.attrm.com [13]
For a one-time charge of $99 and $9.95 a month, subscribers can monitor their homes, receive security alerts, and even turn lights on or off.

SoonR
www.soonr.com [14]
Connect to your PC, including applications such as Outlook and Skype, using your cellphone’s Web browser.

Medical monitor

Alive Technologies
www.alivetec.com [15]
This Australian company develops wireless health monitoring systems for a number of conditions.

American Telemedicine Association
www.atmeda.org [16]
This organization promotes medical care that uses telecommunications technology.

HealthPia
www.healthpia.us [17]
HealthPia has come out with a diabetes-monitoring phone with a built-in glucose monitor.

Wallet

MobileLime
www.mobilelime.com [18]
This upstart, based in Watertown, Mass., lets consumers pay for purchases using their mobile handset—and facilitates rewards marketing programs.

Obopay
www.obopay.com [19]
“Use any mobile phone to get, send, or spend money.” Obopay even allows users to send money to friends.

The Near Field Communication Forum
www.nfc-forum.org/home [20]
This non-profit industry association supports a standard that will be key to the development of mobile commerce.