TextMarks provides a handy listing of services and information available simply by sending a text. Information includes SF MUNI arrival times, what’s playing on New York’s WNYC radio station, and ratings for movies on Rotten Tomatoes. Check out the keywords and start texting!
Get reminded, anywhere, with Remember the Milk. A convenient tool with multiple features, it gets its name from a handy reminder system that can send you notes via e-mail, text message, and instant messenger. By synching task management between your desktop and mobile, you can save time and never skip a beat. Or forget that milk.
Diet.com provides nutritional values for food items on popular restaurant menus. Just send a text message of the restaurant and food item to DIET1 (34381), and you’ll get a reply message with all the nutritional information. It also lets you track your daily meals and save the nutritional info about each meal.
Zagat’s ranking may only get published once a year, but Buzzd, a new “mobile lifestyle platform,” provides rankings about restaurants and events in “your town, your time.” The mobile service lets users find and share events, rank them and find out what their friends are doing. As of late June, Buzzd had 1.2 million venues in its system.
Open Table Mobile lets you make reservations at local restaurants using your web-enabled phone.
Get grilling tips on your cell by texting GRILL to 42107 or by typing mobile.foodnetwork.com into the browser on your Internet-enabled mobile device.
