Cell Phones & Text messaging
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Fri Mar 11 14:03:35 UTC 2005
psema4 wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:40:17 -0500, Alan Cohen
> <alan-bdq14YP6qtTV+N59fa8YiVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> [...]
>
>>I'm thinking about using a cellular phone and would need at least the
>>same functionality. So I guess there are 3 questions:
>>(1)the phone
>>(2)the carrier
>>(3)the software (which I could write, I suppose) to make it all work.
>>
>>- I'd want to use SNPP/SMTP and TAP or something equivalent, ie:
>>Internet with non-Internet fallback
>>- One of the downsides heretofore is that the computer could know that
>>its message had been sent, but couldn't know that its message had been
>>received. Is "received confirmation" a possibility?
>>- Any suggestions?
>
>
> My guess is that you could use a Blackberry, but don't quote me on
> that. I just downloaded RIM's JDE this afternoon. Looks farily
> decent (at first glance anyway) and comes with an emulator.
> http://www.blackberry.com/developers/index.shtml
>
> The folks over at Smart Mobile Assets might also be able to help you.
> http://smartmobileassets.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b=,v=portal
>
You can send e-mail to cell phones, that can receive SMS. However, I
don't know about confirmation.
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