I was checking out the new the news service (U.S. only) that allows anyone with SMS access to sign-up for a Gmail account and noticed that Google mentions that more SMS services are in the works. Specifically, secure password recovery and SMS mail/news? alerts are noted. Surprised? You shouldn't be. Most of the other large web search services already offer alerts (and other info) delivered via SMS. For example, I've blogged about traffic alerts from MSN. I'm also a regular user of Yahoo text message alerts (including mail) and receive baseball scores, video game news, and more on my phone...

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