Here are some nifty things you can do with your cell that you may have never known about :

• 1-888-FRUCALL: If you’re in a store and you want to know if you’re getting a good deal, call this number and enter the product bar code. For free, it’ll tell you what you’re looking at and what online merchants are selling it for.




• 112: Emergency dialing, even if your phone is out of service range or the keypad is locked.
• 1-866-411-SONG: If you’re listening to the radio and a song comes on that you can’t ID, call this number and hold your cell phone up to the radio. The company will send you a text message with the band and song name. It’s free at first, but then you get charged.
• GOOGL: Send a text message to GOOGL (46645) with a search query, like “Chinese restaurants, Times Square” or “Weather 11215″ or “Define existential” and you’ll get a free text message right back from the search company.
• 1-800-555-TELL: Much like the Google service, except it’s with voice not text. Call the number and you’ll be walked through menus from which you can access sports scores, business listings, stock quotes and more.
• Popularity Dialer: popularitydialer.com. This is more for kicks. Let’s say you’ve got a meeting coming up that you know you’ll want to be distracted from or a date you know you’ll want to break off early. You can schedule this service to call you at a pre-planned time. A male or female voice (your choice) will come on the time and start talking, like it’s a real friend or a real interruption.
• 1-800-FREE-411: Free directory assistance. You have to listen to an advertisement, but at least you don’t have to pay $1 or $1.50 for every call.
• Retrieve your phone’s serial number: “*#06#” - Enter this combination of numbers and symbols on virtually any phone and a 15-digit number appears on your screen. Surprise - it’s your phone’s serial number. If your phone is ever lost or stolen, or you need to reference the serial number when you send it in for service, it’s right there.
• Need to send an email to a cell phone but don’t know the email address: Just send it to this email address: the cell phone number @teleflip.com and they will route it ot the correct phone.
• Remote Keys: Finally, no student should get stuck on the road with car keys locked inside the car. There may be a solution to this potential disaster. Some cell phones can transmit your remote key signal. It works like this:

Using your cell phone, call someone who has access to your spare remote keys—but you must call them on another cell phone. Ask that person to hold your press “unlock” into their phone. At the same time, you hold your phone within a foot of your car door. The signal can unlock your door! This doesn’t work with all keys and all phones, but it’s worth a try. See if it works!