This is so cool!

Okay, I may be a little late to discover this sweet little tool you can use from your cell phone.  It’s called Google SMS and it’s free, provided you have a text messaging plan.  You can text Google at 466453 (it’s Google spelled out) and get weather reports, sports scores, movie information in your city, stock prices, postal codes, driving directions, flight information, area codes, translations, etc.

Example #1:  I want to know what the weather is like in Houston, TX so I texted “weather Houston, TX” to Google.  I got back the temp for the next 3 days and found out there is a chance of a storm all three days.  It also told me the humidity and wind.

Example #2:  I want to know where I can get pizza in Atwater, CA, so I texted “pizza Atwater CA” and got 2 text messages from Google and found out three different places I can buy pizza in Atwater.

Example #3:  I want to find out what times the movie Get Smart is playing in movie theaters in Santa Rosa, CA, so I texted “get smart santa rosa ca”.  There are a bunch of theaters there so Google sent me four text messages with the movie times for five different theaters.

How cool is that???  If you decide to use Google SMS check with your cell phone provider and make sure you have a text messaging plan, I’d hate to see anyone get an unexpectedly high bill at the end of the month.