Thumbtacts for iPhone Provides One-Handed Contact Access

kannuu Powers Contact Search Application with Over 10k Downloads in First Week

Dallas, TX (October 10, 2008) —kannuu, Inc.™, the global leader in lookup technology, today announced third-party developer Crimson Research’s contact search application, Thumbtacts, launched with over 10,000 downloads in less than a week and remains in the top 10 Business applications of Apple’s App Store.

Defined by kannuu technology Thumbtacts eliminates the need for a keyboard, track-backs to multiple and superfluous menus and settings, prevents fumbling through an A-Z search, or the frustrating auto-complete function, and alleviates the need to remember only by first or last names with the kannuu algorithm indexing and retrieving any data entered in the Contacts fields such as nickname, job title, and company name.

To find a contact, instead of tapping the address book, or phone icon, choose the Thumbtacts icon. Thumbtacts takes full advantage of iPhone’s large display, and ingenious Multi-Touch™ user interface and facilitates a one-handed search by presenting a set of four letters in an easy to navigate selection of up, down, left, right and center. Tap an option (a letter or character string) to proceed to the next set of available matches, or choose “More” if the characters aren’t presented, users eyes never have to leave the Spotlight-like field at the top of the screen as the word is built in only a few taps. Once the word is complete, taken directly to access the contact.

“As part of the kannuu Developer Network (kDN) I utilized kannuu’s iPhone SDK, which delivers a problem-free way to integrate, test and deploy an award winning search technology to build Thumbtacts. kannuu’s SDK handled all the heavy lifting by providing coco library sample code, unified access to data, clear API’s, well documented code, an intuitive architecture, and comprehensive product documentation and development support,” said Waqar Malik, founder of Crimson Research.

“Over 10,000 downloads, in less than a week of its release, and number eight in the Business category of the App Store certainly highlights the importance of an easy to use contact lookup application,” said Sean-Michael Daley, CEO kannuu, Inc., “When it comes to advancing inventive offerings, the real champions are the application developers, and we aim to support their efforts at innovation with our rich set of powerful tools that provide for rapid and easy integration into their high demand OS X web-based and device native applications, and projects.”

kannuu’s iPhone SDK can be integrated in an infinite array of web or native applications in need of an elegant search solution, adhere to Apple specifications and expedite mobile OS X application delivery by providing innovators with an efficient alternative to the time-consuming process of custom-coding advanced search functionality. kannuu enabled applications and will boost mobile content discovery and usher a needle-moving acceleration in the adoption of mobile services by creating an explosion of new search and find options for the consumer.

Pricing & Availability: Thumbtacts:

A free download can be found in the Business and Utilities sections of Apple’s App Store. Visit http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/

Pricing & Availability: kannuu iPhone SDK

The free beta iPhone SDK can be downloaded at http://www.kannuu.com/products_dev.php.

About kannuu:

The leaders in lookup innovation, kannuu distributes its solutions globally through strategic licensing partnerships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), software platforms, online content providers and ecommerce solutions. kannuu’s patented Partial Word Completion™ defines new models for how consumers interact with a wide array of software, consumer electronics, mobile devices, PCs and more. kannuu, is headquartered in Dallas, TX, with sales and marketing offices in San Francisco, CA. The kannuu team is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing innovation through the power of finding, not searching.

About kannuu Developer Network (kDN):

kannuu's global developer program, connects developers to an efficient alternative to the time-consuming process of implementing search. The program aims to provide everything needed such as, tools, technical information, and support, to incorporate its award winning search technology. kDN puts innovative search and lookup solutions in developers hands, providing participants with engineering assistance to help turn ideas into applications.
For more information, please contact kannuu.

Licensing:

For more information regarding the kannuu technology-licensing program, please contact Sean-Michael Daley, CEO kannuu or visit http://www.kannuu.com.

kannuu, the kannuu logo, and Partial Word Completion are trademarks or registered trademarks of kannuu in the United States and/or other countries.