Signing Up for Google Mobile

To use most Google Mobile services, you must have a Java-enabled (J2ME) phone or mobile device and be subscribed to your cellular provider’s data plan. The service itself from Google is free, although you may have to pay your cellular service provider for airtime or data download fees (which may be a good reason to look into your carrier’s flat-rate data plans...).

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Google offers several mobile applications specifically for the Apple iPhone. Learn more in Chapter 36, “Using Google on the iPhone and iPod Touch.”

To learn more about and sign up for Google Mobile, point the web browser on your desktop PC to www.google.com/mobile/. From there, enter the number of your mobile phone, and Google sends an ...

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