Three cool phone services

Three new phone services that I read about seem kind of interesting to me. (via)

1.) Frucall
Say you are out shopping and see something for sale and wonder if you could get it cheaper online... well, all you have to do is call Frucall's toll free number, read off the product's barcode and they will tell you if and where it might be cheaper! I guess they even will go the extra step of helping you purchase it then and there, too, although that sounds like I'd be giving my credit card information to a middleman...

2.) 1-800-FREE411
The name kind of says it all. If you dial 411 to use directory assitance, you are charged about $2.00 each time you do so. With 1-800-FREE411, you are charged nothing. So yeah, it's pretty stupid to not use this! You have to listen to an ad instead, but it's only 15 seconds. They also appear to have an online phone directory.

3.) Bringo aka No Phone Trees
This company offers the service of waiting on hold for you. There is a list of particpating businesses and if the place you need to call (airline, bank, credit card company, cell phone company) is on the list, then instead of picking up your phone, you simply give Bringo your number online and they'll call for you and manipulate their way through the phone tree system. When a live person is ready to talk to you, Bringo will call you and hand off the phone! Interesting, no?