One of the coolest things, for me, about having a cell phone is the text messaging feature. Although you can compose text messages with the phone and send them to other people’s phones, the real value is in receiving text messages from other services. For instance, I am using Yahoo! Mobile, which is free. I have them send me breaking news from Reuters and the AP. I also have Lakers and Dodgers scores sent, the local weather forecast, and stock prices at closing. I used to have the winning lottery numbers sent to me using MSN’s service, but for some reason they kept sending me two of each message and they couldn’t figure out how to make it only send one. That was a year ago so maybe I will sign up with them again and see if they got it fixed.