yeah, thats what I do!!!
Google SMS Channels lets you subscribe to various content on the Internet and receive updates on such subscriptions through SMS. Google SMS Channels not only allows subscriptions to your favourite blogs and their feeds but also lets you create groups where your friends can subscribe and then you can send messages within this group for free! Now how cool is that ;o)
Currently this service is available only in India but Google plans to go international with this product in the near future. A good list of FAQ’s which will clear almost all the doubts that you may have about Google SMS channels can be found here.

You need to have a google account to use this service. You also need to select a nickname and verify your mobile number before you can start subscribing and creating your own channels on Google SMS Channels.
Google SMS Channels is similar to SMSGupShup.com which has been around for quite some time now. A lot of people have been suggesting that Google sms channel is the end for SMSGupShup.com but I feel otherwise. I don’t think SMSGupShup would go down so easily. Lets hope things get better in this sms space and we users get the best deal.
Do let me know if you create any SMS Channels of your own and don’t forget to subscribe to mine ;o)
Kiran
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Created my channel and subscribed to urs
Nischal Shetty
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
@Kiran
Thank you sooo much
nivash kumar
June 5th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I’ve worked around a way to receive twitter updates on mobile. Its on my blog
http://nivashspot.blogspot.com/2009/05/twitter-sms-updates-in-india.html
Nischal Shetty
June 10th, 2009 at 1:12 am
@nivash
Thats a nice trick, but the only problem is that Google sends the subscriptions after a long delay. If the delay is acceptable then people can go for this!
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