New for .TEL – Search Engine, Apps for BlackBerry & iPhone Launch

.TEL is at an exciting stage with new enhancements, applications and compatible services becoming available to end users.

This week saw the launch of a .TEL specific search engine, applications for both BlackBerry and iPhone, as well as domain based email.

Here’s a summary of what’s new in .TEL-land:

.TEL Search Engines

Jepaa – Delivering Contact Information Fast

A .TEL search engine launched this week. It’s called Jepaa and it’s TEL specific, searching only .TEL sites. When somebody searches for contact information on Google they typically have to (A) sort through pages of search results that don’t relate to what they are looking for; or (B) dig through multiple pages to find contact information. Jepaa simplifies things by delivering you contact information in the form of .TEL sites. Jepaa’s other cool features include mobile compatibility, support of multiple languages and the ability to provide results that take both keywords and locations into consideration. Another nice-to-have:  it’s compatible with Adsense.

Read more about Jepaa, or test it out.

Dot TEL Finder – A Gateway to .TEL Information

The DotTelFinder search engine is a new gateway to .TEL names and related information. The search engine returns .TEL domains  and .TEL related information from carefully hand-picked websites (BETA).

Try a search using Dot TEL Finder

.TEL Blackberry Application

Telnic announced yesterday that the final release of its free BlackBerry(TM) plug-in is available for download. The application enables BlackBerry users to do the following things:

• Lookup a .TEL domain inside the address book, including private information from friends
• Search for a .TEL domain inside the address book
• Add any .TEL domain as a new contact or associate it with an existing contact
• Send ‘friending’ requests and accept or decline them depending on your TelFriends status
• Quickly change your .TEL profile to make sure your contacts reach you the way you want

My.tel – New .TEL App for iPhone 

Telnic just announced the availability of My.tel ealier today. The free, open source iPhone application allows .TEL owners to manage .TEL domains off of their iPhone. The app allows iPhone users to do the following while remaining mobile:

• Publish a location through an embedded map linked with the iPhone’s GPS
• Update their statususing profiles to show how they want to be contacted at a given time
• Add new, remove, hide or show items of contact information
• Manage, add or remove folders and profiles which group contact information together
• Manage privacy settings for friends and colleagues
• Add or remove keywords that help people searching for .TEL  owners contact information.

My.tel can be downloaded for free from the App Store or via the iPhone using the App Store application. More info about the application can be found at http://telnic.org/community-applications.html.

Now what are you waiting for, start playing and let us know what you think!