User Centered

So you've got Opera mini or Mobile. You're all fired up about widgets and can't wait to get 'em on your phone. Well, how about another tool that I don't hear too much about. This probably isn't news to most people, but well... I just don't hear anyone talking about it, so I figure there's got to be a handful of folks that have never heard of...

Google SMS. You can send your google queries via SMS to "GOOGL" and get an SMS message back with your query. Seems like a strange thing to do if you're thinking about how you use regular 'ol google, but this is optimized for mobiles with a ton of keywords and shortcuts. For example, you can send "movies 55901" just like the regular google and get a SMS back with the listings. Useful on the go (I use Opera Mini for this...but hey, I'm just spreading the word).

Try the examples in the sample paged linked. It might come in handy at some point. Make sure you check the FAQ and send it "tips" to get a list of shortcuts.

The more you know....