The latest cool offering by Google is Google SMS, which allows you to:
- Enter your query as a text message. See some sample queries.
- Send the message to the US shortcode 46645 (GOOGL on most phones).
- Receive a text message (or messages) with your results, usually within a minute. Results may be labeled as “1of3”, “2of3”, etc.
- To get Google SMS help info sent directly to your phone, send the word ‘help’ as a text message to 46645.
Some of the uses for this service include local business listings, product price comparison, and dictionary definitions, but it seems like the possibilities are nearly endless. I need to try this out for myself, as it might actually make SMS useful for me…
