very cool. finally, google SMS queries officially supported via 2-way shortcodes.
many 3rd party developers including myself have developed this service over the years ( as much as 2 years ago) - but it's good to see this deployed as a cross-carrier service by google. you just send your query via SMS to 46645 (GOOGL) on most phones, and you will get a response via SMS. for certain things, this is a better experience than using the your WAP/xHTML browser.
i actually tried to search for an indian restaurant the other day here in san francisco via xHTML (on a modern phone on a fast network)and it took forever. via SMS, it was much faster.
these services have been around forever in the Europe (and here as well via the individual carriers) but i think it's a better way to drive adoption via the portals..
Posted by Steve at October 7, 2004 02:00 PM | TrackBack