Windows Live SMS Search Beta for mobile. 

I love this. It’s so simple. I am not a brainiac but now I can act like one. J By getting instant answers to whatever gets thrown my way and by finding my way around town. When I am on the go and can’t remember the phone number or address of my favorite nail salon, coffee shop, or the restaurant that I want to go to. All I do is whip out my phone send a text message to 95483 (WLIVE) and plug in ‘salon rae seattle wa’ and I get the phone number and address. I can call and see if they can squeeze me for a quick fill. J

Here’s the best part. I can save this to my phone so I don’t have to look it up again and this is much more cost effective and easier (and ok safer as I am always doing this in my car) than dialing for information on my phone and being transferred to the business. In the past, if their line was busy, then I was out of luck. Now I just feel really in control of the info I want and need.

It’s so simple…You can do this. Give it a try. It’s in a Beta right now and available for a test drive to subscribers of Cingular, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and Alltel in the US only. Watch this space for details as to when it’s coming to your market!

 Here’s how it works and a sneak peek at what fun you can have with this service

 Easy to follow instructions

1. Send a SMS to 95483 (WLIVE) on your phone

2. To find a local business - Type in ‘salon rae seattle wa”

3. For instant Answers - Start all your queries with a ? question mark (?), like ? mothers day

 So here’s the full list of what you can find out with this service and become even smarter too……

  ü       Local Search Queries

·         Local Business & Residential Listing ( e.g. Starbucks and your zip code)

·         Reverse Phone Number Lookup (‘4258828080’)

 ü       Instant Answer Queries (Remember to start your queries with ‘?’unless specified otherwise)

·         Stock Quotes (U.S. & Int’l Exchanges)

·         Area & Country Telephone Codes

·         Word Definitions – use ‘D’ instead of ‘?’

·         Holiday Dates

·         Math (Calculations,  Unit Conversions & Equation Solutions- ‘? 15% of 32.99’ or ‘? Cups in liter’ or ‘? 2y^2+5y+10=40’

·         Health & General Information (e.g. ‘? Calories in Martini’ OR ‘? Tokyo Population’)

ü       Auto Spell-check and Correction

ü       Improved Formatting of Result Messages

  We'd love to hear your feedback on this service!  The mobile search team launched a new site last week- go check it out and you might learn something. Go to http://mobile.search.live.com/about