Do you really consider any of them to be competitors?
Wildfire:
Aside from dropping their price to $10/month (which they've been promising for 6 months), I haven't heard of any improvements coming in their service. Indeed, they are best positioned to be a competitor to GMGC, but when will they offer a service that is as feature packed and advanced as GMGC?
Planetary Motion:
I have little information on this service. Aside from the 10 second Ad everytime you access your email, it sounds like a nice service. But, from what I can tell, it's only voice email. It's not a personal assistant.
IBM/ALtech:
This sounds like a great application for voice products. Allowing consumers to inquire and purchase products via the telephone using voice commands. Direct Marketing companies will especially love this. But again, it's not a personal assistant. It's a service business will offer to their customers who call in.
AT&T:
The PocketNet service is a nice service, but I wouldn't call it a personal assistant either. Doesn't sound like it has advanced voice response or they're just not very good at promoting it. It also sounds like you have to forward your email to PocketNet before you can access it. However, I'd say if GMGC doesn't signup AT&T for Portico, they will eventually offer a competing product.
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Motorola:
PocketTalk is a very cool advanced Pager. A great way for someone on the go to receive voice messages. You don't have to call in to get them.
All provide competition in a broad sense in that they are going after the same market and therefore fighting over the same dollars. But I don't see anyone with a service as advanced and feature rich as GMGC. What separates GMGC from anything else I've seen is their VUI and agent technology, IMHO. GMGC is truly offering a personal assistant.
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