How cool is this? Now you can type stuff into your cell phone and SMS it to 46645 (GOOGL). Google SMS will return the search results directly to your phone.
Like if I’m in Ohio, for example, and I absolutely have to find a Starbucks, I can send:
starbucks dayton oh
And Google will return something like:
(1of3)Google Local: Starbucks Coffee 1134 Brown St Dayton, OH 45409 (937) 223-2400
I can foresee myself using this one a lot. It’s yet another “why didn’t I think of that?”
Update 10/11/04: I missed two more features:
- You can say ‘price ipod 20gb’ and get results from Froogle
- Something like ‘define ubiquitous’ will search Google’s built-in dictionary
And those examples are actually from Google’s tips sheet (PDF), despite aligning closely with my own biases — and real life, it would seem.
08/10/2004 at October 8, 2004 @ 11:19am Permalink
Very cool.
10/10/2004 at October 10, 2004 @ 7:27am Permalink
How absolutely delicious.
10/10/2004 at October 10, 2004 @ 8:45pm Permalink
Now, see … I wouldn’t have thought of describing it that way. But it fits. Wonderfully. Thank you.