Created by the software developers at Telnic, Superbook is a real-time address/phone book application that makes clever use of the contact information stored in .TEL domains to create a super-charged directory that connects mobile users with .TEL owners in seconds.
Instead of storing static contact data in your address book, Superbook users only need to store .TEL names .
The following video shows how Superbook works. What’s especially cool is that everything you see happening in it is dynamic and occurring in in real time. After finding the .TEL you want in Superbook, the call is made in seconds. Nothing in Superbook is cached apart from some maps. The .tel navigation taking place is done entirely through DNS queries.
When will it be available? Superbook is currently being reviewed by the folks at Apple. The review process could take a week, or it could take several weeks. We’ll keep our ears open for word of its release and let you know when it’s available.
Haven’t registered your .TEL name yet? Search to see if it’s available and have it live before Superbook launches to the public.
Apple’s App Store is now featuring a new iPhone application specifically created to manage mobile-optimized contact information under .TEL domain names. New to the App Store since last week. the iPhone client software is one of several similar applications from Telnic, the registry operator for .tel. Other client applicationscreated by Telnic run on Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Outlook, and Kiax Softphone.