Search superstar Google rolled out a new short message service this week, delivering its search and other Internet data to mobile phones of several major vendors through text messaging. The company indicated it will be testing a beta version of the free service in the U.S., where text messaging has been much slower to catch on than in Europe and Asia. Analysts indicated that the service is Google’s attempt to maintain leadership in Internet searching while also securing a place in the mobile device world.
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Google Goes Mobile with Free Text Message Searches
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 8, 2004 10:18 AMSearch superstar Google rolled out a new short message service this week, delivering its search and other Internet data to mobile phones of several major vendors through text messaging. The company indicated it will be testing a beta version of the free service in the U.S., where text messaging has been much slower to catch on than in Europe and Asia. Analysts indicated that the service is Google’s attempt to maintain leadership in Internet searching while also securing a place in the mobile device world.