10 Ways to make SMS text messages work for you!

The SMS text message is almost as ubiquitous these days as air pollution and high gas prices. But, we’d argue that most of the 2 trillion (with a “T”) SMS text messages sent around the world last year were of the vanilla variety – short text communications between friends, family and co-workers. The overwhelming majority of text message users likely go about their lives never the wiser to the fact that SMS text messages can do so much more than tell your friend how late you will be to their birthday party.

MobileMaven has put together a list of 10 ways you can use the text message as a productivity tool. After all, you’re paying for those text messages, why not make them work for you? Here’s a quick look at how SMS text messages can make your life better… or at least a little easier to manage:

1. Track your packages with TrackThis.
2. Yahoo! Alerts will deliver stock quotes to your text message inbox.
3. Xpenser keeps you on top of your finances.
4. Stop smoking with text message-based progress tracking from Qwitter.
5. Send small payments over SMS with Sepomo.
6. Have Apartments.com send you apartment information via text message.
7. Stay on top of your favorite Craigslist category with text updates from Craigslist Buddy.
8. Send yourself reminders, update your Amazon wishlist, and manage your Netflix queue with Kwiry.
9. Search Google via SMS, because you can.
10. Order up some ‘zza from Domino’s, Papa John’s and Pizza Hut.

Head on over to MobileMaven for nitty-gritty on just how to make all these SMS text message services work for you!

[Via: MobileMaven]