[asterisk-biz] GSM Gateways that do sane things with SMS

Bill Michaelson bill at cosi.com
Thu Jul 17 14:25:13 CDT 2008


Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 18:14 +0100, Andy Davidson wrote:
>   
>>> (although technically you could use a cheap mobile phone and just  
>>> toss some software on there to intercept calls and SMS messages,  
>>> bridge it to say a linux box via bluetooth, and create a simple  
>>> signalling system for it,
>>>       
>> Maybe when I had lots of spare time, that would have been a nice  
>> project. :-)
>>     
>
>
> There are many examples for each phone operating system that supports
> this functionality, so writing it shouldnt be that hard.  And with
> control via bluetooth you can just toss it in a drawer with power and
> call it a day :)
>
> This really shouldnt take that long to do, someone with free compilers,
> a free web browser and using free google should be able to get all that
> they need to create and deploy such a solution.  All the phones have
> hooks for intercepting sms, calls, and placing the same - so you can
> just build a simple interface, and if the phone has wifi you can stream
> the audio that way, or you can use bluetooth to achieve the same
> results.  Bluetooth can be more tricky if the phone doesnt support the
> PAN profile though, but its possible.
>   
What would you charge to do it on my Treo 650 for use with T-Mobile?
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