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Amazon is rolling out a new service they’ve named TextBuyIt. This is the first time I’ve heard of SMS shopping, but it’s a great idea. Users can text message “AMAZON” (262966) with a product name, author, artist name, ISBN, or UPC code. They will receive the top two Amazon search results back almost instantly. Pressing 1 or 2 will allow them to select the item for purchase, or pressing ‘m’ will fetch you more search results.

Amazon has promised to make the process smoother in the future. Right now it is fairly confusing to set up. Once TextBuyIt is running, it looks like you can do a lot of things with it. Here are a few their suggested uses.

• Pay your friends
• Split a restaurant bill
• Pay your babysitter

All from a cell phone! Very nice!

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