Users can get information by sending mobile phone text messages to GOOGL (46645), YAHOO (92466) or 4INFO (44636) and typing in shortcut messages. Some queries are not available on each of the services and the shortcut codes may vary. For a list of available searches and shortcuts, visit http://www.4info.net/howto/index.jsp ; http://www.google.com/sms or http://mobile.yahoo.com/search/ smsshortcuts .
Here are some sample text-search queries:
· "pizza 20005" -- listings for local pizza restaurants in downtown Washington.
· "w la" or "weather LA" -- weather report for Los Angeles.
· "redskins" -- latest scores and schedule for the Washington Redskins.
· "starbucks alexandria va" -- locations of Starbucks coffee houses in Alexandria.
· "horo aries" -- today's Aries horoscope.
