WordDial 1.0

A company named 'web-publishers' has released a new mobile phone application called 'WordDial,' which is not to be confused with the name of the New Zealand company (WordDial) that operates a vast internet directory comprised of dotcom wordnumber portals. Web-publishers, according to its website, specializes in 'interactive data driven web applications.' But its app for the iPhone does exactly the opposite of what you'd think an app a-la-'WordDial' would do. The downloadable iPhone feature, which costs US$0.99, does the simple task of converting text to a number. Their sample inquiry is

'type your text, eg "1 (800) MY-APPLE" and click the "Get Number" button. WordDial will convert it into a phone number, tap number to dial.'

More, including screen shots, can be found on the 'WordDial' webpage.

What is really needed is the opposite to the WordDial app, a feature such as 'allnum:,' the Google operator developed for its Google Number Search protocol. The allnum feature still works, and if you are ambitious enough you can set your mobile hompage to http://www.466453.com/search?q=allnum%3A and successfully translate just about any NUMERIC inquiry into its WORD equivalent. Visit the link, and add a 'wordnumber' like 262966 and you're provided with a lightning fast link to Amazon.com. Just don't try any word or name that wasn't on the internet in 2000. Why? Well, that's a long story...(that you can read about in our archives).