Are there any worthwhile, free sites that will text you info either on demand, or daily/weekly?
I used to love www.hz.com when I had a two-way pager, it sent me info upon request, and it cost me nothing. I’m sure there’s at least one cool site that does similar things out there, so where can I find it?
If it matters, I’m interested in things like news, weather, sports scores, movie times, and local UFO sightings.
Free, reliable, and of good quality, maybe I might as well ask for free cable. It’s worth a try though.
Sorry, no sites, only a continued hijack. garius’ comment was prompted by the inference that plans exist where the subscriber doesn’t get free incoming TMs. We really do get a raw deal over here. A fella from Germany recently expressed shock and horror that all the contracts over here charged for incoming calls. “That’s crazy!”
I think he got that, but was expressing disdain at the concept that you could be charged for incoming messages.
I agree with the sentiment. I’ve lived in the US all my life, and have had a cellphone for 6 years now. Never once did I have a service that charged me for incoming text messages, and that’s by choice. It just doesn’t make sense to me (as a consumer-- I can see how it fills the company’s pockets) to charge people for incoming text messages.
I get Reuters breaking news and durring the season, Cubs scores.
Also, my county has this . I get weather alert info and when streets are closed (either due to like a watermain break or accident). See if your local govt has something similar.
No luck there, my Vox 8610 was not listed. I did find out though, that I can also recieve emails of <161 characters in text message form. So, this allows other sites that send brief emails as updates. I’m sure that there are sites that send these, I just don’t know 'em.
I’d also appreciate Google tips on finding such a service, since apparently I’m inept.
Free, brief, emails on demand are out there, I just haven’t found them yet.
