Ask joins mobile search with its release of Ask.com Mobile which allows cell phone users to utilize many of Ask's search products directly from their phones. Ask.com Mobile includes numbered shortcuts to access tools more quickly, remembers recent queries so you don’t have to retype them, and squeezes web pages down to fit your phone’s screen so you can actually access and read them.

What is included in this new offering? How about Smart Answers, Zoom Related Search, Image Search, Weather, Area Code Lookup, Currency Conversion, Horoscopes, Time Zones and even a link to Bloglines Mobile. They also have thrown in Maps and Directions, which includes Walking Directions and Aerial Imagery as well as Business Listings (with click-to-dial phone number display) in order to help you find your way around.



I haven't personally reviewed it as I am one those people that only use a cell phone for talking. However, Barry Schwartz has written a full review on the product at Search Engine Watch. You can also check out official press release at the Ask.com Blog.