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Awesome.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/
If I don't know where to find a Starbucks nearby, I probably don't know the zip code where I am either. How, short of a built-in GPS, can this be solved?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/
A shame, since there are other US-based SMS services that work from here - while the location stuff would likely be useless, it'd still be great to get things like the dictionary search.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/
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I went and tried it by sending "Apple Store 98105" and returned with addresses and phone numbers for the Seattle and Bellevue locations. Awesome.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/...
Btw, just yesterday, Berkeley based launched an SMS-based search tool called Synfonic411 that offers directory and local business info from the Yahoo Local database.
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Posted by Gary Price on Oct. 7, 2004

http://local.yahoo.com
http://www.synfonic.com
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/041007-244
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http://www.koffee-break.com/sms_services.html
http://www.koffee-break.com/sms_services_help.html

Started using them since last week and find it useful.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/
thanks for the useful tip. I used koffee-Break's SMS service in UK. I use it regularly now and its pretty good.

They really change their services rapidly. So many of them.

http://www.koffee-break.com/sms_services_help.html]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Way too cool GOOGLE :)

voi
http://www.mybanglamusic.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Way too cool GOOGLE :)

voi
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The usage of SMS search mandates the need for consumers to memorize separate lists of abstract SMS short codes and numbers. To address this, Google and Yahoo provide downloadable ‘booklets’ containing their respective short codes. This unfortunately
reduces usability to enthusiasts, and discourages casual use by the general public.

An open source solution has been developed and released to address the usability issue and remove the need for the casual user to memorize separate list of SMS codes and numbers. The solution uses a widely deployed SAT (SIM Application Toolkit) application to present the SMS search engine in the form of verbose and descriptive user-friendly menus.

With USAT Front-end for Mobile Applications by Tea Vui Huang, the user is presented with options of items/categories to search for, and prompted with instructions for enquiry information as and when required. The collated information is then duly arranged within the mobile handset by the front-end, prefixed with the required short codes and formatted with the
appropriate text spacing. The search request is then sent to the respective SMS number without any involvement of the user.

Key features of USAT Front-end for Mobile Applications include:
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) Certified Open Source Software distributed under MIT License
- Users do not need to memorize lists of SMS short codes and numbers
- Users do not need to remember SMS input format / spacing requirements
- Users are prompted with full textual description of entry items that needs to be keyed in
- Support for low-end cell phones / mobile phones
- No major changes required to the system and servers of Telco / Cellco / Search Engine providers


USAT Front-end for Mobile Applications
http://sourceforge.net/projects/usatfrontend

Screenshots / Photos
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=145904
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Services I love:
1. Directions: http://www.411sms.com/mapping.php
2. Movie Showtimes: http://www.411sms.com/movies.php

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Its a rock!

Thanks
www.Gsm5.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/07/google-sms-launches/Dec 19th 2005 2:11AM