Ok, I have to admit that I created the iPhone app called 'SizzleTEXT'. Use it to access internet based information using SMS short codes instead of using your browser or an app. Update Twitter, check your bank account balance, get a weather forecast, look up a stock quote, using only SMS Text messages. For example text "pizza 97208" to 466452 to find a pizza place in your zip code.
Sometimes I'm in a low connectivity environment and want a simple and fast way to do some common things. That is why I created this app, to give me "options" when I'm traveling. SMS messages will often work even when you can't get a data connection to work on your mobile device.
One of my friends pointed out that for newer iPhone users, they have capped data plans, so being able to use SMS instead of your data allotment might get you out of a jam every now and then.
There is a very large pool of short codes you can draw from to request common information that you access on a regular basis. From Google alone, their SMS short code search service gives you a ton of options that you can set up in SizzleTEXT.
Use the pre-canned short codes as a starting point, but add to the list with your own codes, delete the ones you don't need.
There is also an undocumented feature where you can just add a regular phone number as the short code number. So you could add the number of someone you regularly text, and SizzleTEXT becomes a 'short cut' for finding that number as a starting point for sending a SMS message.
There is also an undocumented feature where you can just add a regular phone number as the short code number. So you could add the number of someone you regularly text, and SizzleTEXT becomes a 'short cut' for finding that number as a starting point for sending a SMS message.
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