I would like to develop an application which users interact with on an sms platform. Its more of an experiment to learn something new. Any pointers on technology to study and things to look at as pre-requisites before diving in? Thanks
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I would like to develop an application which users interact with on an sms platform. Its more of an experiment to learn something new. Any pointers on technology to study and things to look at as pre-requisites before diving in? Thanks
First, you’ll need a device that can act as a wireless modem to provide you with a connection for the gateway. If your cellphone supports tethering and you have an SMS plan, it would be pretty easy to use that. Otherwise you’ll need to get a modem and a plan to go with it. I’m not sure how close to the metal you want to get, but you can then use SMSLib to listen on the device and wait for incoming messages. With this setup you can both send and receive messages. It is also possible to use something like Minicom to send commands directly to the modem for experimenting.
As another approach, you could also use a vendor such as Clickatell as an API for interacting with an SMS gateway. They seem to be able to handle both sending and receiving SMS on behalf of their clients.