Google Text Message Answers

Do you need to know where all the pizza places are in Greenfield? Do you know who wrote Heart of Darkness but just can't think of it at the moment? Got your cell phone handy? Here's a service for you.

Google SMS -- from the Google testing labs -- lets you text message a simple question (pizza.01301) to Google at 46645. Within seconds, you get an answer text messaged back to you. For more details, check out the Google SMS page.

Disclaimer: If you don't have text messaging included in your cell phone plan, you will be charged for each call you make to Google. Rates will depend on who your provider is, but it's nice to know a simple answer is just a few clicks away.