Quantcast

INSIDER RESOURCES
Special Sponsored Section


The video player requires Flash 8 Player or later. Please download the latest Flash Player.


Maclife Hottest Articles
Thumbnail
FEATURE
100 Snow Leopard Tips, Tricks, and Features
Browser
FEATURE
OS X Browser Speed Wars: May the Fastest App Win
iTunes History
FEATURE
The Complete iTunes History -- SoundJam MP to iTunes 9
iTunes Tips
FEATURE
iTunes 9 Tips and Tricks - Solve the Mysteries of the New iTunes
RELATED CATEGORIES
Blogs
HOLIDAY BUYING GUIDE
SEE MORE ARTICLES

Editor's Blog: Google Rules Susie's World
Posted 05/03/2007 at 12:00:00am | by Susie Ochs

 

Getting the 411

Google SMS is amazing, especially when you're traveling. You text a query from your cell phone to 446453 (GOOGLE), and it texts you back the answer. You can ask it for an astonishing range of information too. Of course there's basic phone and address listings for businesses or business categories (sushi 94105), and the obligatory weather info, sports scores, movie listings, and stock quotes. But you can also text it your flight number (NWA 110) to see if your plane is on time. You can tell it the airline name and get their contact info in case you need to call and yell at them. You can get phrase translations (where's the bathroom in italian), driving directions, or just the bet-settling answer to a question (california population). You can try it out in your Web browser at this link.

 

You can test Google SMS in your browser before you try it from your phone.

 

And if you don't have a cell or just don't like texting, call 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone and you can speak the name of a category or business name to get the phone number -- or even be connected for free. You can even opt to have the info sent to your phone via SMS by speaking "text message." It's "still in its experimental stage" so it doesn't work all the time, but try it out because it's pretty darn cool.

 

<PREV|123456|NEXT>
COMMENTS: 9
TAGS: 
COMMENTS
avatarThanks

Submitted by Frank (not verified) on Thu, 2007-05-03 21:13

Thanks for the tip on iChat. I will disagree with the labels though. That is the one feature that pretty much annoys me. I want to be able to use folders so that I can create subfolders. With labels I have so many labels that it takes forever to sift through them. With google search built into my email why do I need labels to tag the messages further?

Frank

Login or register to post comments
avatarWhat a dork you are Susie!

Submitted by Tony (not verified) on Fri, 2007-05-04 00:58

What a dork you are Susie! Meant in the most endearing way though ;)

Login or register to post comments
avatari know, i know...

Submitted by Susie Ochs on Fri, 2007-05-04 12:55

did my brother send you? he's been telling me that for decades...

Login or register to post comments
avatarmind reader

Submitted by Quigleybc (not verified) on Sun, 2007-05-06 21:26

You read my mind Susie

I've just recently begun checking out all the sweet free google software.

Notebook is where it's at. So useful.

And Docs and Spreadsheets is amazing just because it can replace office for me.

Not too big on the google desktop, the paranoid guy in me starts imagining a google employee somewhere checkin out my files....

google earth is amazing. Google is the goods.

Login or register to post comments
avatargoogle texting

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2007-05-08 09:49

I got different results from the Web page than I did from the phone, and the Web results were better.

Login or register to post comments
avatarsell wow gold

Submitted by sell wow gold (not verified) on Thu, 2007-11-01 00:54

sell wow gold
sell wow gold
sell wow gold
sell wow gold
sell wow gold
sell wow gold
sell wow gold
sell wow gold
wow gold
wow gold
wow gold
wow gold
wow gold
wow gold
wow gold
wow gold
world of warcraft gold
world of warcraft gold
world of warcraft gold
world of warcraft gold
world of warcraft gold
world of warcraft gold
world of warcraft gold
world of warcraft gold
sell wow cd key
sell wow cd key
sell wow cd key
sell wow cd key
sell wow cd key
sell wow cd key
sell wow cd key
sell wow cd key
warcraft gold
warcraft gold
warcraft gold
warcraft gold
warcraft gold
warcraft gold
warcraft gold
warcraft gold
trade wow gold
trade wow gold
trade wow gold
trade wow gold
trade wow gold
trade wow gold
trade wow gold
trade wow gold
wow gold trade
wow gold trade
wow gold trade
wow gold trade
wow gold trade
wow gold trade
wow gold trade
wow gold trade
wow trade
wow trade
wow trade
wow trade
wow trade
wow trade
wow trade
wow trade
sell wow tbc key
sell wow tbc key
sell wow tbc key
sell wow tbc key
sell wow tbc key
sell wow tbc key
sell wow tbc key
sell wow tbc key

Login or register to post comments
avatarLotro Guide

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2007-11-05 13:13

Lotro Guide

Login or register to post comments
avatarmmofly

Submitted by sell wow gold (not verified) on Sun, 2008-01-06 22:12

sell wow gold
wow gold trade
sell wow money
sell world of warcraft gold
wow gold for sale
sell wow account
WOW gold cheats
WOW cdkey
world of warcraft gold trade
sell wow us gold
sell wow eu gold
wow us gold trade
wow eu gold trade

sell ffxi gil
ffxi gil trade
ffxi gil for sale
sell ffxi money
sell ff11 gil
sell final fantasy xi gil
final fantasy xi gil trade
final fantasy xi gil

sell EverQuest II Platinum
EverQuest II Platinum trade
EverQuest II Platinum for sale
sell EQ2 Platinumt
sell EverQuest II Gold
sell EverQuest II money
EverQuest II Platinum cheats
EverQuest II

sell eve online isk
eve online isk trade
sell eve isk
sell eve online money
eve online isk for sale
eve online isk

sell Lineage 2 Adena
Lineage 2 Adena trade
Lineage 2 Adena for sale
Lineage 2 Adena cheats
sell L2 Adena
sell Lineage 2 money

sell Guild Wars Gold
Guild Wars Gold trade
Guild Wars Gold for sale
Sell GW Gold
Sell Guild Wars money
Sell Guild Wars cheats
Guild Wars

sell maple story mesos
maple story mesos trade
sell maple story money
sell ms mesos
ms mesos trade

sell Anarchy Online Credits
Anarchy Online Credits trade
sell AO Credits
sell Anarchy online money
Anarchy online

sell lotro gold
lotro gold trade
sell lord of the rings online gold
sell lotro money
lotro gold for sale
sell lotro eu gold
lotro eu gold trade
lord of the rings online
lotro europe
lotro guide
lotro items

Login or register to post comments
avatar（MUCHACHA） （grand

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2008-06-07 05:14

（MUCHACHA）
（grand ground）

Login or register to post comments