Google SMS- True Story

Was out at the local steakhouse this evening. A young man approached the table wearing an athletic jersey of the New York Jets' Chad Pennington to announce that he would be our server. My wife, an avid Jets fan, asked him if he was following the game that was currently on.

He said that it wasn't on the local channel but he was following the score. He continued to tell us that he could get the score for us in an instant. He pulled out his cell phone and texted the word "ny jets" to GOOGL and in a flash the score was on his phone.

New generation, new ways of thinking. I had the car radio on AM so I could follow the game. I'm certain that he never even considered that medium. Why would he?

What other research can be done with sms text messaging. Head on over to Google SMS page and you'll be AMAZED. Driving directions, nearest hospital phone number...
Educators REALLY need to connect with this new generation. There's another world developing.

For what it's worth...

Tags: sms, google, texting, paccio