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By: atmaspheric | endeavors » Blog Archive » Enhanced 411

atmaspheric | endeavors » Blog Archive » Enhanced 411 — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:09:56 +0000

[...] I had suggested this some time ago actually and learned that ATT had enabled this… perhaps it just took a while for the Cingular side of the house to kick in. [...]

By: John Ebimah

John Ebimah — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:48:01 +0000

You should check our company’s free 411 text messaging service. You can send your search with the city and state or zipcode or areacode to 3109043113 to get your listings. There are several other companies that provide services similar to ours but we have added a lot of algorithms to make searching very very easy. For instance, you don’t have to put the city or state if you are searching in your home city and business listing search is format independent. In a bid to ensure that our users save money when ever they can, you can get the same results by sending via email to t411@411sms.com (for people who have unlimited email on their phones but not sms). I thought this information would be helpful to you. Thanks.

By: Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 05:27:25 +0000

That is very cool news! Thanks for the update! I hope other carriers follow this as it makes a great deal of sense…

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:57:27 +0000

btw – if you call 411 from any AT&T Wireless phone (still works now after Cingular merger), not only can you request an SMS message, but you can also “opt in” to *always* get the SMS message automatically every time you call in the future — without having to take the time to ask every time. (and they don’t charge anything extra for the SMS)

By: Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 04:00:35 +0000

Actually I recently activated a vonage account and one of the cooler things about voicemail notification is that you receive an email with caller ID info included. You can have this sent to a wireless device or your regular box. You can also have the actual voicemail message attached as a file which is a bonus as well.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:45:49 +0000

Good thinking. I just tried to invent this idea this morning for voicemail. Glad to hear it’s implemented for 411, now all I suggest is making it available from other voice-based services, such as getting a number from voicemail!

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:35:17 +0000

This is a great idea. AT&T wireless offers such a service when you call 411. I called a few weeks ago to get the number for a restaurant and I was given the option to have the number sent via SMS. Not sure if it cost more, but I won’t ever have to call for the number again!

By: Maurizio

Maurizio — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:01:34 +0000

Good idea. In Italy it’s been two-three year that the 411 delivers information in SMS, due to the large penetration of cellphones in Italy. It’s very handy when you’re in the streets without a paper to take note.

By: Business Opportunities Weblog

Business Opportunities Weblog — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 03:42:31 +0000

A Simple Idea for 411
Atmaspheric | Endeavors: “Instead of just offering an option to have the number dialed, why not send the information as an SMS or even an email with vcard so you could save it for future calling from your phone/device. Landline…