The broadest of the services, with nationwide restaurant listings, travel reservations, nearly nationwide taxi dispatching, and brief, free phone calls. It works well. Instructions are easy. Basic info on stocks, sports, weather, and the like is spiced up with only a few special features. ''Message Center'' will read e-mail only from Yahoo mail accounts. No purchasing capability.
Voice recognition is shaky.
Constant repetition of ''Anita''-themed marketing messages was annoying. Its big voice claim is that it reads clients their e-mail over the phone. Also offers basic news and financial info, but lacks easy voice access to e-shopping. It relies on touch-tone prompts, not voice recognition, earning big minus points for inconvenience. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.