Amazon is testing using SMS messaging to provide shipping notifications to customers. It is an opt-in service that will send you a text message when your package ships or is delivered. The company says the text message notification is in the testing phase, and is only available to a small set of customers. There is an FAQ explaining how the notifications work along with how to get signed up. Those of you who obsessively check online to see where your new gadget purchase is will want to give it look. :)
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