The ePiC rAMblInGs of Justisengard

I have been a huge fan of Google applications for a while now. Been using GMail for over a year now and love it. With the addition of Google Calendar, Reader and Docs & Spreadsheets…it is fantastic. If you do not know what I am talking about, go directly (do not pass Go, do not collect $200), to the links above and check it out. Seriously…go now…

The good folks at Google have provided mobile versions of several of these applications. Google Mobile = GMail, Google Maps, Google News, Search and Google Reader.

I have a Nokia 6620 cell phone and data access through Cingular. Have install the GMail and Maps app, the others are simply access via a mobile specific web page. Now, as long as I have a data connection with my cell phone, I can check out any new emails, use Google Maps to find out where something is, catchup on any new blog posts via Google Reader.

While just reviewing something for this post, discovered Google SMS and Blogger as well. With Blogger, you can post those latest camera phonephotos to your blog immediately. SMS allows you use text messaging to get info from Google, such as local info, weather, etc. You simply seed a text message to 466453 (Google), such as ‘weather NYC’ or weather and your zip code. I just did this for the weather with my zip code. I got back the current weather and the forecast for the next several days. According the the Google SMS help site, you can get local listings, for businesses, sports, movies, stock quotes, driving directions, currency conversions, etc. This is great!

Obviously you want to have a text messaging plan for your cell phone . I learned this the hard two years ago, when I first got my Nokia (my first phone with text messaging). The good folks at Cingular charge 10 cents per text messaging (sending and incoming). I was not a happy camper with that first bill.