Google by phone

Google is no longer just a great Web and desktop search service. Now you can get information by sending SMS messages to a special five-digit number, 46645, which spells GOOGL on a phone keypad.

"People looking for a list of pizza or Chinese restaurants in Back Bay, for example, just have to send the message 'pizza 02116' or 'Chinese 02116'," the Boston Globe reports. "Within 10 seconds or so, Google shoots back one or more text messages listing restaurants with addresses and phone numbers from its Google Local page. Related services from Google let users get a phone number by sending a message containing the desired person's first and last names and city, area code, or ZIP code; they can also use Google's Froogle shopping site to get a price quote by sending a text message with "price" followed by the item's name or Universal Product Code number."

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