14 DAY TRIAL // If you ever wanted to control your favorite web solutions straight from your mobile devices, now's your chance to do this with the latest function implemented into Google Calendar. First of all, you're able to add a new event using a simple SMS sent to "GVENT" (48368) in which you must specify the time and the location of the schedule. Then, you can view all your meetings for a certain day by sending the word "day" to the same number. The service will automatically send you a message containing all the information for a certain day.
"Or, send the word "day" to "GVENT" to get a text message response containing all of your scheduled events for today, "next" for your next scheduled event, or "nday" for all your events scheduled for tomorrow," Shirin Oskooi, Google Calendar Associate Product Manager, said today.
According to the Google employee, a lot of Google consumers requested this feature although it was already implemented into the Google Calendar. "Some folks want a similar service for Google Calendar, where they can send text messages to add events to their calendar or find out what events they have coming up. This is by far my favorite request -- not only because I think it's a great feature, but because it already exists," he said.
At this time, the function is available only in the United States while the SMS notifications can be sent for the events with 24 hours in advance. However, the SMS messages are charged depending on your mobile operator but the Google service is free for all users.
Google's mobile efforts are quite impressive because it tends to make most of its solutions accessible from any handheld device. Beside Gmail, Google Search and Google Calendar, the Mountain View company is also developing special functions of its products that make them easy to control from a mobile phone.