Normally I am not into putting up posts that could count as plugs for sites and services, but with this one I am making an exception for two reasons. First, the way I was approached and second the fact that I think the service is one that will be of interest and use to the visitors of this site.

So first, I was approached by Bob Roth of 4INFO to try out his company’s SMS based sports information feature. No hard sell, just a request to test out the product and relay back some thoughts. So I did just that and felt that it was worth talking about here.

The company, 4INFO, provides a free fantasy stats service via text messaging that requires no registration which is always nice. According to Bob, the company has recently been written about in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Time Magazine.

So here’s how it works…
1. Simply send a player in a text message to 44636 (4INFO on the keypad)
Example: “albert pujols”
2. In a few seconds you will receive a reply text with his stats:

Albert Pujols(STL-1B)
9/18(vs.CHC)F
H/AB:2/4
R:0
RBI:0
HR:0
SB:0

Albert Pujols(STL-1B)
9/17(vs.CHC)F
H/AB:1/4
R:0
RBI:0
HR:0
SB:0

It works for multiple sports and I have yet to stump it on a player. It also works through your phone’s wap browser at http://wap.4info.net.

If you are interested in finding out more, I encourage you to head over to 4INFO’s demo site here.