SMS Search: Newest Windows Live Mobile Offering
Today, Microsoft Live announced SMS search has gone into beta. Apparently available on Sprint/Nextell, Verizon, Cingular and Alltel, the service, which is much like competitors Google SMS and 4Info allows you to search by sending an SMS message (in this case to wlive- 95843) where the response should (hopefully) be what you needed to know.
While there’s nothing terribly novel here, the execution seems pretty good!
Here’s how it works and a sneak peek at what fun you can have with this service
Easy to follow instructions
1. Send a SMS to 95483 (WLIVE) on your phone
2. To find a local business - Type in ‘salon rae seattle waâ€
3. For instant Answers - Start all your queries with a ? question mark (?), like ? mothers day
So here’s the full list of what you can find out with this service and become even smarter too……
ü Local Search Queries
· Local Business & Residential Listing ( e.g. Starbucks and your zip code)
· Reverse Phone Number Lookup (‘4258828080’)
ü Instant Answer Queries (Remember to start your queries with ‘?’unless specified otherwise)
· Stock Quotes (U.S. & Int’l Exchanges)
· Area & Country Telephone Codes
· Word Definitions – use ‘D’ instead of ‘?’
· Holiday Dates
· Math (Calculations, Unit Conversions & Equation Solutions- ‘? 15% of 32.99’ or ‘? Cups in liter’ or ‘? 2y^2+5y+10=40’
· Health & General Information (e.g. ‘? Calories in Martini’ OR ‘? Tokyo Population’)
ü Auto Spell-check and Correction
ü Improved Formatting of Result Messages
The mobile search team launched a new site last week- go check it out and you might learn something. Go to http://mobile.search.live.com/about
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