Free mobile directory as 192.com app arrives for iPhone

Alastair Crawford, CEO of 192.com, explains that the app's database contains the 2011 edited Electoral Roll, director records, directory enquiries, 4.5 million British businesses and Google Maps, delivering nearly 50 million records. It means free directory enquiries on the move. iPhone users will be able to search for people and businesses by name or the nearest business by category, for example 'restaurant.' For more extensive people-finding, Crawford says that i192 provides instant access to 24 million edited electoral roll records and the company directors database. iPhone users will, he says, be able to verify a name, age and address of somebody they've just met, search for relatives in an emergency, and contact old friends. Each search for a person on the edited electoral roll will cost £1.29 and will be billed through iTunes. Meanwhile, access to director reports and 4.5 million business listings allow the app's users to verify the credentials of a business or service within minutes. i192 is synchronised with the iPhone's GPS, allowing the nearest business to be located and viewed on a map. Additionally, the app's time-sensitive user interface displays one-click icons for different types of business at different times of day and night. "iPhone users now have a fantastic opportunity to utilise the power of 192.com wherever they are," comments Crawford. "This is an invaluable source of information when you're on the move," he adds. i192 is now available from the iTunes store. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/i192/id400204785?mt=8