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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