Vlingo, the maker of Virtual Assistant voice commands for phones, announced the most popular actions of 2010. There are Vlingo apps for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Nokia.
Text messaging was the Vlingo top function. Users are using Vlingo for buying movie tickets, finding available hotels
or locating the nearest pizza place. Vlingo is now integrated with 3rd party partners Foursquare, KAYAK, OpenTable
and Fandango.
Based on data accumulated through hundreds of millions of Vlingo Virtual
Assistant actions over the past year, here's what Vlingo users wanted from local businesses:
- Pizza (Top Brand - Pizza Hut).
- Coffee (Top Brand - Starbucks).
- General Merchandise (Top Brand - Walmart).
- Burgers (Top Brand - McDonald's).
- Home Goods (Top Brand - Home Depot).
- Electronics (Top Brand - Best Buy).
- Gas Station (Top Brand - Shell).
- Banks (Top Brand - Bank of America).
- Drug Stores (Top Brand - Walgreens).
- Auto Repair (Top Brand - AutoZone).
Top Movie Search on Vlingo
- Tron.
- Harry Potter.
- True Grit.
- Black Swan.
- Tangle.
Top Hotel Destinations
- Miami, FL.
- Chicago, IL.
- Denver, CO.
- San Francisco, CA.
Vlingo users interact with Vlingo on average 45
times/month, and usage is only increasing with the growing awareness and
functionality of Vlingo's Virtual Assistant capability. Users can
either speak or type commands to access all that the Vlingo Virtual
Assistant offers:
- "Tell Joe that I am running 15 minutes late."
- "Hotels in Seattle for tomorrow night."
- "Where is Harry Potter playing tonight?"
- "Call Jack" (contact in address book).
- "Update Facebook: I'm going skiing in Aspen!!"
- "Find the best sushi restaurant nearby."
- "Where can I get a burrito?"