Get PNR status on your mobile sms. Powered by Google

Google has a host of mobile products for the Indian market, the full list can be seen here. Among them, the pick of the lot is the SMS product, using which one can get instant PNR status for your Indian railway ticket reservation.

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Get cricket scores, Indian Railways train schedules & ticket status, horoscopes, movie showtimes, restaurant information and more ...all through SMS on your phone.

Best of all, you don't pay a premium charge for any of this, just the price of a standard SMS.

Try it out! Simply send your search query by SMS to 9-77-33-00000 and we'll send you results back by SMS immediately.

Of course, don't forget to save 9-77-33-00000 to your phonebook for quick and easy access to Google SMS in the future!

There are no premium charges for this service, only the cost of sending a standard SMS. Incoming messages from Google are not charged.

Also there are host of other services we can use too. Found them useful. Like movies, news, train fare, local business etc.

Bangalore route guide on SMS

I will be updating various Bangalore route map links and guides in this post.

To start with, you can get route directions via sms. Handy when you are lost and have only mobile access.

type in GO source_location TO dest_location and send it to 9008890088.

eg:- GO MARATHAHALLI TO MAJESTIC.

you would get a response stating number of kilometers and the route with landmarks for the same.

Web link http://www.latlong.in/LatLong/