BlackBook Mobile™ is a permission based cross-carrier mobile phone directory. It brings mobile phone users together to share information and address their directory needs and provides a secure back-up system that is accessible at any time, from any place in the world.
The cutting-edge technology developed by BlackBook Mobile™ is the next evolution in the mobile phone industry and is provided to consumers at no cost. For the first time, mobile phone users can create their own network of mobile phone numbers, maintain them in BlackBook’s secure database, and access them from anywhere, at any time.
Historically, a person’s private list of names and addresses has been kept in their “BlackBook.” Although the term suggests a certain amount of secrecy, it also connotes the private nature of such a list. BlackBook Mobile™ provides a private list of names and numbers of other mobile phone users that is secure and permission based. You are only on another’s list if you have given permission for your name and number to be there.
If you lose your telephone, change mobile phone carriers or your mobile phone is stolen, you will not lose your private list of contact names and mobile phone numbers. They are secured in BlackBook Mobile™’s database and can only be accessed by you anywhere or any time you replace your mobile phone. Regardless of whom your mobile phone carrier is you can access your private list via your mobile phone, your mobile phone’s browser or our website, www.blackbookmobile.com.
By signing up at www.BlackBookmobile.com using just one simple step, you’re ready to begin building your private, permission-based mobile phone directory. Your list will be stored in BlackBook’s secure database. Through BlackBook Mobile™’s service, you can build your network of family, friends, and contacts that can be accessed easily at any time.
You can search for people by typing in their fist and last names, then our system will match that name with your number to find individuals matching those names within your sphere of influence.
Contacts can be added manually online or imported from popular email applications such as Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail and several others. You can also find people you know online and request to exchange information with them, this process automatically adds you to each other’s directory if both members agree to the exchange.
Depending on your personal profile settings and your contact's settings, when a user requests information, either a text message or an email will be sent asking permission for that information. So, if one of your contacts has their preferences set to have all number requests routed to their email, but you do not have their email address filled out in your BlackBook, then that user will not be able to receive those information requests. And vice versa if a user has their settings set to have requests routed to their phones, but you do not have their phone numbers listed. Listing multiple methods of contact benefits you by having an alternate way to contact the person if their mobile or email address changes.
Simply, so you and your contacts can share as much information with one another as possible. The more information you input into your BlackBook the more information we can securely backup for you, this will prevent important contact info from being lost if something happens to your mobile phone. Also, when you have as much information as possible entered in the profile of your contacts, you can elect to receive text alerts using the "Txt When" service. Txt When alerts can include a notification of a birthday, anniversary, relationship status, and various other types of alerts.
No, once set to private, no one will be able to find your number through our site.
While there are only a handful of companies building mobile phone directories, none offer the security, privacy or group features that make BlackBook so user-friendly, communal and special. Furthermore, we pride ourselves on not being a social network, but rather a tool for people to use to connect with their social network in a social setting instead of home alone staring at a computer screen.
Westmoor Consulting, LLC is the Public Relations Company of record for BlackBook Mobile™. They can be contacted at www.westmoorconsulting.com or by calling 801-377-2354.
BlackBook Mobile™ is very safe to use. BlackBook uses the highest measures of security to protect you and your data from unlawful access in addition to ensuring that none of your data is lost should something happen to your mobile phone or if you change service providers.
There is no software that needs to be installed on your mobile phone. We are not phone specific or carrier specific. Click here, https://BlackBookmobile.com/pages/support, for a list of supported phones. You will also need a working data bearer (i.e. a working internet connection.) on your mobile phone. BlackBook Mobile™ works with ant data bearer (GPRS, GSM, EDGE, CDMA, UMTS etc.). As long as you have working WAP access on your phone you should be able to use the service. Bluetooth is not necessary for you to use BlackBook Mobile™. You do not need any special cables, nor will you need to install any software on your phone or computer.
BlackBook Mobile™ primarily uses SMS (text messages) and MMS (photos, video, etc) to communicate with our members. Please check with your carrier to make you’re your current plan includes text messaging.
We save a secure copy of your contacts and data on our server. You can access and manage your data at any time and from anywhere you have access to the Internet.
To fully complete sign-up and registration you will need to go www.BlackBookmobile.com and complete your registration using the information provided in the initial text message you receive from BlackBook Mobile™.
No, you do not have to buy or install any software on your computer. To access our service, on your computer, all you need is an Internet connection.
No, as long as you have working WAP access, the service should work on your mobile, GPRS just makes the service faster to use.
GPRS is usually already on your mobile phone when you buy it. If your phone doesn’t have it, contact your carrier/service provider and request your phone be set-up with GPRS.
Yes, BlackBook Mobile™ works with EDGE.
Your BlackBook Mobile™ account does not cost you anything. Standard messaging rates apply to text messages. Premium messaging rates apply to the optional premium services you subscribe to. The basic service account includes creating your mobile phone directory, inviting friends, requesting information updates from your contacts, backing-up your data, joining groups, requesting numbers and a variety of other things. There are additional premium services or features that will have small charges, such as creating contests and polls for you and your friends. Using the additional features and services that incur a fee is purely optional. Any messages you receive on your mobile will either be Standard Rate (the standard rate for text messages charged by your carrier) or Premium Rate (a service or subscription that has a fee that is charged with your permission to your monthly bill or to your Cricket prepaid FlexBucket account as well as the applicable standard rate for text messages as charged by your carrier).
At this time, you can only have one mobile number assigned to your BlackBook Mobile™ account at a time.
Yes, if you have service on your phone, you will be able to use your BlackBook Mobile™ account. Please consult the service area maps or information your carrier has posted regarding international travel for additional information.
Each member can upload a profile for themselves as well as a photo for each one of their contacts. We recommend uploading a photo to your account as it helps people locate you when they are searching for people they wish to reconnect with.
BlackBook Mobile™ is not carrier specific and is supported on most phones. Please see a list of supported phones in the Support Section of our website, https://BlackBookmobile.com/pages/support.
You will have to update your profile with your new number. Once your new phone number is entered it will be replaced in the contact information of all BlackBook Mobile™ members that have your mobile number.
GPRS is a data bearer. Data bearers allow your mobile phone to exchange information wirelessly. Most mobile phones have GPRS or another data bearer installed prior to purchase.
WAP is the protocol that allows a person to view websites on their mobile phone.
SMS is short for Short Message Service, also known as a text message. It is the transmission of a short text message, no longer than 160 characters, to a mobile phone, fax or IP address. This message contains no graphics or images.
MMS is short for Multimedia Message Service. It is a method of transmitting graphics, video clips, sound files and short text messages over wireless networks using the WAP protocol.
Standard Rate is the cost per text message that your carrier charges. If you have a text messaging plan, your text messages are delivered to you at the rate of your current plan with your carrier. For example, if you have an unlimited text messaging plan all covered texts you receive would be covered under your monthly rate. If you have a plan that only has 500 text messages per month and you exceed your alloted amount you would pay the agreed upon price for each additional text message at the standard rate of the carrier for the plan you are on.
