A few companies to check out at CTIA

Greetings from San Diego, where I landed last night for a couple of days at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment conference. Before turning in last night, I took some time to sift through some of the pre-show pitches that were sitting in my inbox. If all goes well, I'll swing by the booths of these companies to learn more about what they're doing.

Here are a few that caught my eye:

Yapis in the voicemail-to-text business and is announcing a deal with Cincinnati Bell at the show. While I'm not so much interested in the Cincy Bell deal, I am interested in seeing the speech-to-text technology that would interest a regional telecom. My experience with voicemail-to-text is pretty much limited to what Google Voice is offering which, quite frankly, isn't very good at all. If someone out there is doing it better, I hope Google is watching them.

Textguard is a company that provides mobile compliance services and is announcing a new version of its services that offers compliance for SMS text message communications. New features include GPS tracking, text and call logging and alerts to a company's compliance administrators.

Aha Mobile is trying to do something unique with mobile apps while driving. The iPhone app (with apps for Blackberry and Android in the works) allows drivers to verbally launch queries about upcoming traffic jams, as well as services like gas stations or restaurants up ahead. The system can even tell you about red light cameras or speed traps up ahead.

Motally is in the mobile analytics business, pitching itself as the company that provides a Google Analytics-like service for mobile web and mobile apps, unleashing data such such as device, country, browser and audience engagement. The analytics currently support iPhone, Blackberry and Android, with others coming soon.

Keep checking back here for the latest from the show.