mInfo(R) Inc.(minfo.com), a leading Chinese mobile search service provider, is now making its free services even more accessible by releasing a new Instant Message (IM) search service that can be used on either cell phones or PCs. mInfo was the only mobile search provider in China offering both SMS and WAP search services, but now extends that lead by adding IM as a new Interactive Search option, said the company in a statement today. To utilize mInfo's new IM search capability, users in China just need to add XiaoMing(TM), mInfo's search robot, to their IM buddy list on either their phones or PCs. ''With over 7 million mobile IM users and about 120 million desktop IM users in China right now, XiaoMing will give a large number of people a new way to find information quickly and accurately, without the need to open up a browser,'' said Alvin Wang Graylin, CEO. mInfo currently delivers a wide range of mobile search services nationwide on both China Mobile and China Unicom. Its local-search services already covers ten major cities allowing users to get instant information on local merchants.