SMS Weather Forecasting Service

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://cellphones.about.com/b/a/120141.htm' target='_blank'>http://cellphones.about.com/b/a/120141.htm</a><br /><br /></div><i>"An interesting service was launched today by the Weather Channel, that allows you to get a weather forecast by sending a short message, with your zip code in it, to 4CAST (42278), which will return the prediction by short message too. Pretty simple, easy and wise, but the rate is a bit exagerated. At $0.75 per forecast, let's hope we'll be able to get a refund if the forecast was innacurate! And it may be wiser and just as quick to simply set a bookmark to your city's weather in your wap browser."</i><br /><br />75 cents per use? Seems a bit much, but if they're trying to generate income to offset the free feeds that they offer, so be it.

[John Cody]

Just for the heck of it, I sent a "Weather [myzipcode]" sms to "googl".

And it replied "Looking for Weather Information? Unfortunately, this feature is not yet supported."

So, it looks like google sms might someday support free weather SMS's :D

[Mike Temporale]

Just for the heck of it, I sent a "Weather [myzipcode]" sms to "googl".

And it replied "Looking for Weather Information? Unfortunately, this feature is not yet supported."

So, it looks like google sms might someday support free weather SMS's :D

Nice! And Google will do it for a much better price. :wink: I hope they roll it out up here. :(

[rjm_27]

For now I'm just using MSN Alerts, from there I can get my weather info delivered everyday at a specific time....there's also a bunch of other alerts that you can set up. Best part is they are FREE!!! But I am getting hooked on the Google SMS service! So hopefully they will expand it!

[shk718]

has anyone tried this piece of software to get weather on your homescreen?


http://mobilok.com/index.php?id=homescreen

[Santa Fe]

I like this. It is pull rather than push but works well unless you live in Canada and is also free. http://www.connectedbits.com/

And I also use this free service: http://mobile.wunderground.com/

Check this $1.99/month push service out also: http://www.accumessenger.com/weather/PromptRegistration.wth

(you would think I lived somewhere the weather changed a lot instead of sunny New Mexico :P )