Updated: Poynt to v1.7.0.47 Now Includes Local Events Look Up

Use Poynt to find businesses, retailers, restaurants, movies, gas prices (US only) and weather information around you. Poynt uses GPS or cell-site location to quickly deliver the information you need, whenever and wherever you need it.

• Find phone numbers, browse websites and map directions with one click
• Reverse look-up missed calls from the BlackBerry® Call log
• Plan a night out without exiting the application – find restaurants, read reviews and make dinner reservations (US/CA/UK only) then watch trailers, view showtimes and buy movie tickets (US/CA only) for a theatre near you
• BlackBerry® Messages notification of movie ticket receipts (US/CA only)
• Add listings to your BlackBerry® Address Book, add movie and restaurant events to your BlackBerry® Calendar, share listings with friends using BlackBerry® Messages
• Integrated weather display changes based on the conditions around you, click to view 5-day forecast
• Complete a search, then map a route using BlackBerry® Maps

Poynt is free and available in Canada, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain and is now available in Australia

Winner of:

• 2010 Regional Semi-Finalist in the BlackBerry Super Apps Developer Challenge
• Most Innovative Consumer Application in
• 2009 at GSMA’s Mobile Innovation Grand Prix, EMEA Tournament
• 2009 Mobile Star Award for Best Navigation or Location-Based Application
• 2009 Canadian New Media Award for Best Location-Based Application
• 2009 BlackBerry® Alliance Program’s EMEA Innovation Award in the Life on BlackBerry® category
• 2008 BlackBerry Developer’s Challenge Grand Prize

Download the app OTA today here at the following Link or in the BlackBerry App World

Poynt has issued the following press release:

POYNT ADDS EVENTS FEATURE PROVIDING EVEN MORE RELEVANT LOCAL CONTENT FOR NORTH AMERICAN SMARTPHONE USERS

Poynt App for BlackBerry Smartphones and Android Adds New Local Events Feature Powered by Eventful

Calgary AB—January 11, 2011— Poynt Corporation (“Poynt Corp.” or the “Company”)(TSX-V: PYN), a leading provider of mobile local search services, today announced the addition of Events to the Poynt local search app (“Poynt” or the “App”). The new Events feature is now available for BlackBerry® smartphones and Android devices in the United States and Canada.

The new Events feature displays current and upcoming local events, as well as detailed event information, including turn-by-turn directions. With this update, Poynt users on BlackBerry smartphones and Android devices have the added benefit of quick and accessible local event listings simply by selecting the Events icon displayed on the App’s home screen. Poynt provides users with up to the minute event listings and details through its content partner Eventful, the leading digital media company connecting 20 million consumers to local events.

The new Events feature allows users to search by performer, event or venue nearby, by event date or by category, including festivals, concerts and sporting events. Users can then view details such as maps, photos, browse websites, view seating charts and get detailed performer information. As well, users can add events to their device calendar or send details to friends.

Poynt harnesses the power of multiple applications in one intuitive package. Users can search for businesses and retailers, gas stations, people, local weather, find movies and buy tickets, find restaurants and reserve a table, and now stay connected with local events. Poynt allows users to go one step further–mapping locations, adding results to calendar or emailing results to friends without exiting the application.

“Events are the heart and soul of local communities everywhere and we are excited to make this enhancement to Poynt’s robust feature set by giving users access to this information,” said Andrew Osis, CEO, Poynt Corp. “The new Events feature is key to our vision of bringing the user a true all-in-one local search experience.

“We are pleased that Poynt has chosen to utilize Eventful’s data to power their new Events feature,” said Jordan Glazier, CEO of Eventful.” The continued integration of local event content into the mobile experience allows consumers to access the information they need in new and exciting ways.”

The new version of Poynt is immediately available for download for BlackBerry smartphones and Android devices via Over the Air download at m.poynt.com or from their respective app stores.

Poynt is a free application and is now available to BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7 users in Canada, United States, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and Spain.

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