Google gets 411 button on new GE home phones

Posted in Telephones by Nino Marchetti on February 7th, 2008

ge-google.jpgNormally we give traditional wireless home phones about as much attention around here as talking moose heads on the wall, but when the New York Times points out one which might be cool we have to check it out. They in fact seem to be right – the forthcoming GE Premiere DECT 6.0 28821FJ3 has a nifty GOOG-411 button centered for you to press for business information calls.

GOOG-411 you say? Isn’t that a Google property? That’s right – Thomson and Google inked a little paid attention to deal at CES last month which brings the one-touch, auto-dial GOOG-411 button functionality to a number of its 2008 DECT 6.0 Interference Free phones. This feature is tied to Google’s free, voice-activated, business directory assistance service and will actually be part of more than a dozen GE phones, available in April.

When one hits the button, you get connected to the Google 411 service, which uses speech recognition to help users find and connect to businesses from their phone. Connections are done for free, leaving your telephone provider out in the cold when it comes to collecting directory call fees. That sounds great to us.

GE Google Phones [via New York Times]

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3 Comments to “Google gets 411 button on new GE home phones”
  1. herpme Says:

    That’s nice, but what if you don’t want to use google? I find their voice recognition spotty compared to its rivals like 1800free411. Also, Google is only business listings…

  2. daine Says:

    So you say this is a total free call?
    Is it also free if google connects me?
    What is the catch?
    Does this mean that my home phone number goes out to all business so they can bother me with the unwanted call’s?
    Even if I have Do Not Call on my home phone ?
    Do you give out my number?
    thanks Diane

  3. Rhonda Dore Says:

    I miss my goog 411 on my GE home phone..it was certainly useful now I just have a button on my phone that I can no longer use!! I am wondering why google stopped doing that? I can not seem to find the information they tell you now to go to goog.411 and a gazillion things come up, I have clicked on a few but still can’t find out what to dial to get a business listing.

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