Now Get Real-Time Stock Quotes to Your Mobile Phone
June 2nd, 2008 MobileFreak
What do Yahoo! Finance, Scottrade, eTrade, and most other finance portals have in common? Their free stock quotes are all delayed by at least 10 minutes (Yahoo! Finance does offer a free trial for their service, but you must sign up for it).
Google Finance made a big leap forward today by announcing their quotes are now displayed in real-time. That’s impressive.
So what does this have to do with mobile, one might ask? You may be aware that Google offers a free SMS service, which includes providing stock quote information. Simply text message the ticker symbol to GOOGL (46645), and you will receive the current, real-time quote in a return message. I did multiple tests today, and each time I received a response within 18 seconds or less. That’s much better than the 20 minute market delay you’ll find at Scottrade or eTrade — and those are on their regular website.
Now go use that to your advantage!
Read Today’s Announcement
Find Out More on Google Text Message (SMS) Services
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http://www.NasdaqSMS.com and http://www.WallStreetSMS.com - GREAT domains to develope a more customized alert system for stock quotes.
I’ve been looking for service like this - 15 minute delayed quotes just doesn’t do it for me. I’m going to check it out right now.