Compilations: SMS Search and Info Tools Plus Other Mobile Goodies
Yesterday, we linked to a report by Greg Sterling about the release of a new SMS (text message) search service (YP411) from YellowPages.com. What follows is a list of just a few search and information resources available via SMS. Many of these resources also offer other ways to access them with a mobile phone or device. We plan to add to this list in the future. At the bottom of this post, we have links to other ResourceShelf posts with direct links to many sites optimized for mobile.
+ 411Sync
+ 4INFO
+ Airplane Departure and Arrival Alerts from FlightStats
+ Amazon.com and Amazon.com UK
+ Sending E-Mail To SMS (Text Messaging)
+ Google, Live Search, Yahoo SMS
+ Gumiyo
+ New York Magazine (GoNYC†or 46692)
+ Proxito
+ Shortcode.info ||| Recently Added Codes
+ Traffic Alerts via SMS from Traffic.com and MSN Auto.
+ UpSnap
See Also: More Mobile
++ A Selection of Mobile Video Services
++ More Tools, Sites, and Resources for the Mobile Web
++ Tuned.mobi: Stream Hundreds of Radio Stations to Your Mobile Device
++ Another Round of News, Info and Job Search Sites Optimized for your Mobile Browser
++ ResourceShelf’s Guide to Wireless “Mainstream†Media Sources (#2)
++ ResourceShelf’s Guide to Wireless “Mainstream†Media Sources (#1)

April 10th, 2007 at 2:35 am
[...] +++ Also from Yahoo, Send “Popular” Search Results (Various Categories) to Mobile via SMS Learn more in this post. Categories include: + Weather, local info + Stock quotes + Sports scores Of course, a mobile user could also go directly to of many SMS services to get this type of info. ++ Ask.com, Google and Send Local Listings and Info via SMS. This is also the case from many other services including CitySearch, InfoSpace FindIt, MapQuest, and YELP. [...]
April 17th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
[...] See Also: List of Many Other Voice Activated and SMS Search Tools [...]