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Send Google Calendar updates via SMS
Google has now made it possible to send updates to Calendars using SMS. The request to do so came in on the Google tip lines. People wanted a way in which to send text messages to add events, or a way to find out which events they had coming up.The SMS updates work by sending a text message to 'GVENT' (48368) , with some details about the event, (ie. Starbucks meeting at 2pm). The GVENT will them be added to the users calendar immediately, and a text message confirming the details will get sent. If the word "day" is sent to 'GVENT', a text message will get sent back that contains all of the day's events. "nday" can also be used to get a list of all schedules for the next day.
Way to go Google, always innovating. Just let me pull out my cheat sheet so I can take a look at all the other shortcuts like this I can use.
After spending the better part of an hour on 
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Mark Seiberg said 8:44PM on 7-12-2007
Hey Chris, the functionality has been in place for quite a while -- I've been texting updates to my Calendar for almost a year now.
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Judi Sohn said 7:13AM on 7-13-2007
I wish I could view a specific date weeks or months in advance by texting in the date. This is good, but to be truly useful I need to be able to see if there's a conflict before adding a new event.
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peter eliot said 5:22AM on 7-14-2007
But it is not working for Europe.
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