Cell phone support numbers

Not everyone has a fancy iPhone with all its applications and connectivity. For those of us still hobbling along with a plain old cell phone that just makes phone calls, there are still some resources available to help you get along a little better in life...

Here's a list of phone numbers that you might want to add to your cell phone. All use voice recognition, so they're (fairly) safe to use while you're driving -- hands free of course. I took a ride in a friend's Sync equipped Ford Fusion the other day. These kinds of resources are a perfect fit for that system!

Directions – spell out "DIRECTIONS" on your phone (347-328-4667) and tell it where you are and where you want to get to and it will send you text messages from MapQuest with driving directions. It uses voice recognition. You can ask for a specific address, a business name, or an event. See http://www.dialdirections.com/. Synch could even read these text messages back to you!

Free 411 – free directory assistance – 888-373-3411. It uses voice recognition, but has live-operator backup if needed. See http://www.free411.com/.

Google's free 411 (Goog-411) – 800-466-4411. Directory search. It will connect you to the number you're asking about as well as send a text message or map link if requested. See http://www.google.com/goog411/

Jott – allows you to send email reminders to yourself and others. You must configure your account first via Jott, but then when you call it will ask you who you want to Jott (including "myself") and you speak the message that is transcribed into an email (with link to recorded voice for backup). 877-568-8486. I use this to send reminders to myself, either to my regular email account or to my blog site to remind me about things to post about.

MS Live Search – 800-225-5411
From Press Release: "Call 1-800-CALL-411 (1-800-225-5411) and say where you are and what you're looking for. You can also get text messages, maps, traffic maps, and text-based driving directions sent to your mobile phone.

We've built Live Search 411 to go beyond just finding business information. Because our goal is to help you complete your task, we've included features like:
· Connect to any business listing you find-for free
· Receive SMS links to maps, driving directions and traffic conditions (just say "text me the info")
· Get movie showtimes and even buy tickets over the phone (via our partnership with Fandango)
· Share text messages of business details with friends so they can easily meet you there
· Hear the current weather conditions and the forecast
· Quickly access travel resources like airlines, hotels, and rental cars
· Remember your personalized locations for movie theaters, weather and traffic, and your preferences for receiving text messages. "

Tellme – Also recently acquired by Microsoft. Call 800-555-8355 (800-555-TELL) and get weather, news, sports, stock quotes, business search, driving directions, movies, horoscopes, etc. They used to allow you to set up favorites (stock symbols, sections of news, etc). Can't seem to verify that this is available any more.

My Traffic – 866-698-7232 visit http://www.traffic.com/ You Can also set up alerts via email from the site for your common routes.

From Site: "When drivers call 1-866-MY-TRAFC, they receive a detailed traffic report that includes a Jam Factor(R) rating (a traffic scale that grades traffic conditions from 0-10 with 10 representing the worst possible traffic conditions); travel and delay times; accident reports; construction delays; and more.
Registered users of the http://www.traffic.com/ Web site can access their saved, personalized drives via the hotline; unregistered users will be prompted for their city and the roadway on which they are traveling. The driver will then receive the real-time traffic report for that particular drive or road."

What other voice-based systems do you use?