Cell Phone -SAVE $$! You Can 411(google) Via Text, Get #'s, Flight Info, Weather...

[miss missy]

Calling 411 from the cell is $1.25! When I tell people, I find not many know about this lil tool. I have been using this for a couple years and keep forgetting to share this with you all... for those who arean't aware, you can text to the number: 46645 which is google, and get info-like a store phone number and address etc. I use it a lot for that. But you can also get much more, like game scores, weather, tip calculator, money conversions, word translations, etc.

It costs what ever a text on your plan is. You also usually get a couple textes back if you are not specific. So to look up say the number for Best Buy in Orlando FL, you type in "Best Buy Orlando FL" or "Best Buy 32825" if you do not know the street name, it will send you what it has for all of Orlando, 2 or so locations in one text. The more specific, the best it works. Always put in the town and state or zip code, so for weather put in "weather Orlando FL" or "weather 32825"

If you text "set location 00000" (00000-being your zip code) it will set your cell area for future textes to google.

I am sharing this because to call 411 for a phone number for my provider, Verizon, is like 1.25! but I can use this text to 46645 and not pay anything since I have a text plan.

You can check flights too! you would text "flight aa 1983" , but it does come from the site flightstat.

You can check movies times, text the word "Movie" and it will give the top 3, you then choose movie 1, 2, or 3 and text that # and it will give you all info on the movie and area theaters info and times. All in all, its pretty handy sometimes! You are actually using Google without using the internet on your phone. I block the internet on our cells so this is a great tool for us to have.

Here is more info on it from google and a place to test it out:

http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/default/sms.html

Hope this helps someone out there!


so text is 46645 and a call is 800 466 4411

 

[Annette_VA]

There's also Google 411
http://www.google.com/goog411/

 

[UrsulasShadow]

These are cool! Thanks, you two.

 

[miss missy]

These are cool! Thanks, you two.

yay someone who didnt know yet I knew I was the only one.

 

[miss missy]

bump over all the chat posts

 

[GabbyMom]

I didn't know either. I'll have to add it to my phonebook

 

[drakethib]

There's also Google 411
http://www.google.com/goog411/

Thanks for this. Did not know about it

 

[kpadalik]

Here's another one....If you just have a regular cell phone w/o the internet and you need a phone number, call 1800-FREE-411. You are only charged for the minutes you use. You do have to listen to a brief (15 sec or so) ad, but I use it all the time and it comes in handy quite a bit.