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

[Jim Capp]

Treo 700p, Verizon

Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 15:25 -0400, Bill Michaelson wrote:
>   
>> Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: 
>>     
>>> 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?
>>     
>
> the carrier doesnt matter, and to some degree the network type doesnt
> matter, all that matters is that the phone allows arbitrary apps to be
> loaded onto it (some phones are locked so you cant aside from what you
> buy from the carrier - lawsuits have ensued over this technique but I
> dont think it did away with it 100%).
>
> How about this, since it would probably be better to do this more as a
> group thing, if everyone interested in (ab)using their mobile phones and
> to some degree phone plans (like tmobile my fav) emails me the phone
> model and if known the operating system that it runs (like for nokia
> system 40/60).  
>
> Note that I *cannot* do this easily on things like the sidekick where
> you dont own the apps on it, the carrier does and you cant install them
> without the carrier blessing.  
>
> Once I know how many are interested, what phones (which may dictate a
> different approach), etc I can better decide what the price would be for
> this, it would also mean that the price can be spread out to more people
> than just one.
>
> There will be 2 parts effectively, the asterisk/etc side and the phone
> side, both would be required for proper operation.
>
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