Ok, yea, they aren't often free, but they are often free to send even with the basic plans. In the case of an application where it's sending to a central server and notifications go out much more rarely, then free to send is preferable. I think the basic plans often charge 10-15c. For reference, Canadian $ getting closet to parity with USD lately.
Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikko J Rauhala Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps On ti, 2007-05-29 at 09:15 -0400, Crane, Matthew wrote: > I guess SMS is generally more accessable and tends to be a lot cheaper, > often free, in Toronto and most of Canada. I didn't know SMS are often free; here they cost a bundle, though a bit less if you take a bulk deal in your monthly fees. OTOH, here we have quite affordable no-limit GPRS(/EDGE/UMTS). Clearly it would be good for a locator service to be able to communicate via both methods, depending on what kind of a mobile plan the user has. As for availability, for a GPRS-preferred user of such a service you could pretty much assume that they are connected whenever the phone is on and has coverage, so not that different from SMS... -- Mikko J Rauhala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Helsinki _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
