<img style="float: right" src="http://www.iexbeta.com/images/news/logos/iexGoogle.png">Google has taken the wraps off of a beta release of Google SMS, a preliminary mock up of a service offering that extends Google's reach to cell phones and other handheld devices.

Participants can write and send specialized queries to Google's 5-digit U.S. shortcode to find out what they are looking for within a specified zip code. Google SMS returns names, addresses and the phone numbers of local businesses and residences; provides a dictionary lookup, and compares product prices between local retail stores.

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