[Mobilepartners] IS&T Announces New Service: MIT SMS (Beta) for Interactive Text Messaging

[Andrew Yu]

Greetings!

Information Services and Technology (IS&T) recently launched an  
interactive text messaging service (MIT SMS) in beta for the MIT  
community. (The acronym SMS stands for Short Message Service.)

Along with the MIT Mobile Web (http://m.mit.edu), MIT SMS provides a  
new way for MIT community members to access information on the go.  
Anyone with a text-messaging-capable phone can use the service to  
connect to the following information sources within seconds:

- People Directory for looking up the phone number, email address, and  
physical address of individuals in MIT's online directory
- Shuttle Schedule for looking up the approximate current location of  
Tech Shuttle vehicles (via GPS)
- Stellar for retrieving class announcements

To get instructions on using the service, simply text INFO to 648338  
(which spells MITEDU on a phone dial pad) or visit http://mobi.mit.edu/about/sms.html 
.

NOTE:  Although this is a free service from MIT, users may be subject  
to text-messaging fees from their carriers depending on their plan.

MIT SMS will continue to expand and allow community members to gain  
access to even more information in the future. For questions and  
feedback, please send email to mobiweb at mit.edu.

Cheers and Happy Texting!

Andrew
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Andrew Yu
Mobile Platform Manager and Architect
Information Services & Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phone: 617-324-8985
Email: andrewyu at mit.edu

*** MIT Mobile Web and MIT SMS (beta) ***
Visit http://m.mit.edu from your mobile device, or
Text "help" to 648338