No, not at all blunt, this is exactly what I'm looking for.
The unique selling proposition is that I plan on shifting this idea to the mobile market, since typing long URLs on a numpad is complete torture, and am just fleshing out the idea for now as a proof of concept.
Thanks for the background information, it's very helpful. Any good suggestions for a short, succinct domain name that's to the point?
As a mobile user, I know exactly what you're talking about. But I have to say that the new virtual keyboards from HTC and others have solved most of the bad input problems.
Also, search engines are becoming more and more important for navigation on mobile devices because as you say, typing long URLs is not fun but finding them is easier. How will you compete with Google and Yahoo!?
Thanks for the background information, it's very helpful. Any good suggestions for a short, succinct domain name that's to the point?