“define convenience”
| Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 | --Sean |
We discussed Yahoo! Mobile Services in an earlier post, but unfortunately some of us are still living in the past with our flint arrowheads, mainframe computers, unsliced bread, and non-Internet-enabled cell phones. When we’re lost in the middle of the woods (near a cell phone tower), how are we supposed to figure out the meaning of “ravenous” as applies to that grizzly bear over there, or decide if pitching our tent in a valley is a bad idea based on the weather forecast?
For us, there is Yahoo! SMS Search. Send a text message to 92466 (which spells WAGON, as well as YAHOO), and you too can deal with the following everyday situations:
- Someone on the street calls you “peripatetic”, and you’re not sure if you should be insulted. (Message: “define peripatetic”)
- A cute lady/gentleman walks by. Is love in your future? (Message: “Horo Taurus”)
- Yup, the stars have aligned. Now, where to get some roses? (Message: “Florist Palo Alto CA”)
- About time to buy, buy, buy on Yahoo! stock, right? (Message: “Quote YHOO”)
- More examples can be found here.
Now I just need to get on a cell phone plan that doesn’t charge per SMS message, and I’m set.