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Amazon lets customers text to buy 4/8 king5.com Thumbs do the shopping as Amazon launches its TextBuyIt service, reaching far past the PC to move its products. TextBuyIt lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that’s ‘Amazon’ on the keypad) from anywhere their cell phones work - including from inside a store. If Amazon stocks matching items, the service returns 2 results at a time. Shoppers can immediately buy one of the first 2 the selections by texting back the number 1 or 2 or they can ask for more by texting the letter M. New TextBuyIt customers will be prompted to enter the e-mail address associated with their existing Amazon account plus a shipping zip code. The service then calls them & walks through the checkout process using an automated voice system. Shoppers get confirmation by text message & e-mail. The customers can check on order status on Amazon’s Web site.