Hz: email-based agents

From Chris Scharff, a pointer to Hz, a new service that works with mobile devices. You send mail to a special email address (like, say, hzFlightInfo@hz.com), and you get back a set of requested information. This is akin to the IM bots that let you do web searches or get product information, but it doesn’t require a special client, and it doesn’t require you to have data service on your device– if you can get email, you can get Hz service. There are agents for geolocation services (where’s the nearest ATM?), travel (is my flight delayed? when’s the next flight from point A to point B?) and others. I’ll be playing with this to see how well it works in practice.