The following Top 10 list will help you get more out of your cell phone. Enjoy!
Price Check: If you are out shopping and want to be sure you are getting a fair price, dial 1.888.FRUCALL and enter the bar code number of the product. You will be given information on what you are looking at and provided with comparative online pricing. It’s free. It’s fun, and it’s a great way to shop smart.
Get sports, news, weather and more: Dial 1.800.555.TELL. The menus are easy to follow and you’ll have your stock quote in no time!
Free 411: 1.800.FREE.411. This full-featured information number saves you $1.49 each time you use it.
Locate: Find pizza palors, salons, pharmacies and more: Just use the Google short code 46645. You simple send a text to that short code and include as much info as you can, i.e. pizza syracuse new york 13212. Tap the send button and Google will send you text messages almost instantly with business names, locations and phone numbers.
Escape!: Need to get out of a meeting? Has a date gone horribly wrong? Popularitydialer.com to the rescue! Using this service you can schedule a predetermined time for the service to call your phone. A voice will come on the line and start talking as though it were a friend. You can even select a male or female voice.
Get Maps and Directions: Check out Google’s mobile website. Their mobile maps have much of the same functionality as their full desktop version, including zoom, satellite or street views, and the ability to plug in two locations and receive step by step directions.
How to let someone down gently: The Rejection Hotline is a fun number to give out if you don’t feel like sharing your digits. 703.912.1725 brings you to a very funny recorded message.
Photo Fun: If you are running on a GSM network, and 70% of the world is, then you can have lots of fun with short codes and pictures. Snap a picture of yourself, type <ANIM> in the subject line and send it to short code: 7799. You will receive back a photo that will morph your picture into an animal. Very cool.
No Service, no problem: Use 112 for emergency dialing, even if you are out of range or if your phone is locked.
Organize: If you like any of these tips, load them into your cell phone’s address book so they will always be handy. For example, I use the Google short code 46645 all the time, so I created a contact, labled it “Google” and for the phone number I just typed in the short code 46645. Now I can send a message to that “contact” any time I need to locate a post office, pizza, etc. I also have a contact labled “Free 411″, which I use anytime I need operator assistance.
Good luck and have fun!
Comments (7)
Super list Scot. I personally make use of the 1.800.FREE.411 all the time. Why pay $1.50?
Scot – thanks for the list. Here is another. I am one of those addicted Blackberry people. If you need to have your email synced on the go and have a BlackBerry, look at 123Together.com’s 2-way synchronization offering. 123Together.com servers “push” e-mail to your mobile device whenever new data is received. http://www.123together.com/mobility.xhtml
ASK411 (257411) having a free trial use of their service till january 31. All you have to do on the message field, type the city and province and name of the person or business or government listing and send it to 257411.
(Example: DELTA, BC, Tim Horton) send it to 257411.
The service will still be much cheaper than calling from your phone to get a listing! Standard carrier messaging rates may apply.
Here’s their link:
http://www.ask411.com
Another good one is 1 800 GOOG-411
It’s Google’s free 411 service: voice operated, fairly consistent, and it won’t tell you this option while you’re on the line, but once you have the business you’re looking for, say “text” before it connects you and Google will text you the address and phone number of the business. All for free (well, within whatever texting package you have with your cell phone company, of course).
I use TELL ME (800 555-TELL) all the time, but not for stock quotes; it’s great for movie showtimes and theaters. Back in the day they even used to give wakeup calls; not sure if they still do :-)
Are all of them free if i have unlimited txting?
I use txtfeeder.com to read the web via text messages
All are good tips, thanks.
By the way, you can find more cell phone tricks on my blog. Give it a look if you wish.
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