Here’s how it works:

1. Add email to your cell phone or Blackberry’s address book.
2. When you have a question, e-mail email with a command in the subject line (body of the e-mail can be blank)
3. In less than 30 seconds, you’ll receive an e-mail with the information!

And that’s it ! Just make sure you check the various commands so that you can get the maximum information when needed. List of things you can check with Snapask:

• flight status
• traffic
• weather
• dictionary
• local time
• stock quote
• latest news
• Wikipedia entry
• movie showtimes
• yellow pages
• local businesses
• song lyrics
• slang term definitions
• sports scores

For more applications that let you obtain web information in similar way see MakeUseOf’s Ask Questions section.

Check out Snapask @ www.snapask.com [via Labnol.org] ( by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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(1) via SMS – type a question and send it to provided MyMiaMia number
(2) Spoken – call MyMiaMia number and ask your question.

In both cases, once the question is submitted, you should receive an answer within in a few minutes (via email or SMS). Your answers will also contain a short contextual ad at the end.

Features

• Ask questions for free and get answers delivered to your email or mobile phone.
• Ask as often as you like and as many questions as you want.
• Send the question via SMS or dial the service directly.
• No sign-up or registration needed.
• MyMiaMia is free (depending on your mobile plan standard charges for sending/receiving SMS messages may apply)

Check out MyMiaMia @ www.mymiamia.com (via downloadsquad.com )

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How it works ?

1. Get a Twitter account

2. Follow ToAsk and ToAnswer profiles (and MakeUseOf ).

3. Ask a question by adding @ToAsk before the question.

Next, ToAnswer Twitter bot indexes your question and posts it on the ToAnswer homepage where other twitter users can answer it. You can also answer questions on the ToAnswer homepage by clicking on ” Answer This ” link below the question and then typing the answer. Further, it also lets you subscribe to RSS feed of the questions which helps you track them from within your RSS reader.

Check out ToAnswer @www.toanswer.net ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Directory Services (from Google SMS)

- Stock quotes
- Weather
- Dictionary (eg. ‘define iniquity‘)
- Translation (’translate hello in French’)
- Flight updates and airline information
- Movie screening times and nearest theater locations
- Calculator
- Currency and Unit conversion (’8 GBP in USD’)
- Q&A service (’Albert Einstein birthday)
- Product prices (based on the listing from Froogle.com)
- Driving directions and maps
- Local business listings (car repair, sushi bars, restaurants, pizzerias, etc)

Google SMS Features

• Send free SMS to 466453 (”GOOGLE”) and instantly receive an answer.
• Service currently available in USA, Canada, Germany, Japan and Spain (more to come).
• Note: Google SMS is a free service however depending on the user’s mobile contract text messaging fees may apply.
• More Questions? Check out Google SMS FAQ page.

Visit Google SMS [www.google.com/sms/]

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Mosio: “Whether it’s to settle a bar bet or just get that urgent piece of info you need, Mosio enables you to text any questions to real people called “QnAgents”, sitting at their computers, ready to help.”

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Additional Features:

• Twitter Integration: Ask question right from your Twitter account, using any device.
• Jott Integration: Dial Jott, say “Mosio” and your question, get back a text message with the answer.

Visit Mosio @ www.mosio.com

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