Fans of Krispy Kreme’s doughnuts know they need to pull over and buy some when the Hot Now sign is on. Doughnuts are the best when they are ultra fresh, straight out of the fryer.

So why not build a twitter service when the baker in your neighborhood gets his fresh bread out of the oven?  Thats what Albion Cafe on Boundary Street in London did. You’ll get tweeted whenever the fresh bread comes out of the oven. It also tell you what kind of bread it is.

Peter Parkes took it a step further:

I’ve put together an app which takes the feed from Albion’s Twitter account, checks for updates, filters them (I’m only really interested in bread), and if (according to Fire Eagle) I’m within a mile of the bakery, sends me an SMS.

I’m thinking about turning it into some sort of web service – and maybe Albion will even pay for the SMS charges – but for now, I’m just enjoying the occasional ding to let me know there’s a loaf waiting.

Usefull services for everyday rituals. People might even pay for it.

Lets take it another step further… can’t my watch receive the SMS and buzz slightly or my ring turn warm when the bread comes out of the oven? I don’t what my big clunky phone to do all this.

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Robert Scoble did an Interview with Sumit Agarwal, product manager for mobile at Google. It provides a good overview of the mobile search services Google provides in the US via Voice or SMS. The simplicity of the services is cool. As well as the integration with the more complicated services.

Hmmmm, maybe SPRXmobile should build a voice interface in a new version of the omroep application so you can find and listen to your shows hands free… You know, for when you are driving… Or am I the only one that listens to video’s on the road?

Seriously, voice interfacing is not being used enough yet and is important on mobile just as mobile games which you can play with just your thumb.

The video is best in the first 15 minutes.

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