Asklaila on 99-33-555-555 ( double nine double three triple five triple five )

You don’t need internet on your phone to search for local info. SMS search is easy!

We launch our local search service on a long code. Just add our mobile number 99-33-555-555 ( double nine double three triple five triple five ) to your address book. Just SMS the query to us and we will respond to you with results in no time. All the usual SMS search features work like a charm.

Test drive the features at http://www.asklaila.com/LailaMobileDemo/.

Examples Queries
Hungry for Pizza in Koramangala Bangalore?
- just type Pizza,krmngla
Locate a Spa in South extension, Delhi?
- just type spa,south ext
Feel like eating in an open air restaurant in andheri,Mumbai?
- just type openair restaurant,andheri
Find an ATM in nungambakkam, Chennai?
- just type ATM,nungambakkam

We do detect your city from your mobile number so you don’t need to specify the city unless you are trying to find stuff in another city.

Asklaila Street Smart for your Nokia and J2ME phones

Yawn…. Hasn’t this been around for some time on your site. I saw it the day it came up.

OK… Let me accept it. I am a bit lazy who pretends to be busy. I just forgot to write about it on our blog. We bring Asklaila StreetSmart technology to Nokia/Symbian as well as Java/J2ME phones. We have been up and running on Windows Mobile for a long time and now the same technology is also available on more phones. You can find all the local info in the city, see it on maps and also share it with friends and family.

To get started just go to – http://www.asklaila.com/LailaMobileDemo/ and SMS the link to yourself.

We have tested all this on lot of phone models but if it has some issues on your phone, just ping us back.

Laila has a voice now

You have used Asklaila in various ways. We have answered you on web, mobile, SMS, WAP, USSD, twitter, chat and many more mediums. Now we are also available on voice. We got a brand spanking new number.

33-555-555 ( double three triple five triple five )

We are currently live in Bangalore only and many more cities coming soon.You can look for businesses and you can also look for movies running in town.

Check it out….

Asklaila supports Facebook connect and bing maps

You asked for it and we got it…. Lot of users have been asking us to support Facebook connect and maps. We launched both of them today.

You can logon to Asklaila using your Facebook account and publish comments about places you love. The best part is that your comments will be visible to all your friends and they can plan their parties based on your recommendations.

We have also enabled maps using Bing Maps. You can see them while seeing details of a business ( eg. http://www.asklaila.com/listing/Bangalore/HAL+Airport+Road/Zen/VSImNM4O/?showmap=1#listingMapView ).

Check it out and as always let us know your feedback.

New city launched – Kolkata and Hyderabad

Folks – We have just launched 2 news cities with tons of data. Kolkata and Hyderabad are the 2 new cities in the block. It is a great milestone to archive, laila is live on 6 cities now.
Both these 2 cities will also have the WAP site and sms search. So laila will give you local information over web and mobile.

You will also find events and movies running near you place in asklaila.

Do try these 2 new cities and let us know if you find any issues.