The Internet Search Giant, Google has made it possible to search the Internet on your mobile phone even if it is not web enabled. Google has introduced this service with all the major GSM and CDMA operators in India.The usage of the service is very simple. The user just sends a normal text SMS to 9-77-33-00000. You could be searching anything like cricket scores, stock updates, Indian Railways train schedules, PNR status, horoscopes, movie show-times etc. The search engine will fetch the data and send you an SMS. The service also acts as yellow pages and runs applications like the calculator and currency converter. Local search is one of the main utilities.
“No longer do you need to remember complicated strings to put before your query, you can search as if you are searching on Google web search – we will do all the hard work to understand your query and give you the best results on SMS”, a spokesperson for Google India affirms.
Here is how users can use this service:-
To receive latest cricket score, just type cri or cricket or cricket India and send it to 9773300000.
For PNR enquiries in Indian Railways, send the PNR number.
Likewise stock quotes from BSE can be received by sending “company name quote”, for example “Tata Steel stocks”.
To know horoscope just sms your Sunsign.
Similarly, weather info can be found by sending “weather city”, eg “Weather Kolkata”.
Also available are calculations and conversions. Like “65000 INR in USD”, “13 Kg in Pound”, “Population of Delhi”, “Current GDP of India”, etc.
The cost of the service will be normal SMS charges.
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