On 7/27/2013 11:26 PM, Mord Behar wrote:
There was an Android build that will run on an x86 processor
somewhere... the development kit comes with a simulator. Whether you can
actually simulate your specific phone's environment... I'm doubtful. In
order to contact the cellular network your phone must identify itself to
the nearest tower, and it does that vie the information burned in to the
SIM card by the service provider. I don't think that you will be able to
get very far without one.
However, Gmail allows you to send SMS messages to phones using a couple
of providers, I forget which. I think maybe Cellcom and Pelephone.
The cheapest way to send 1 SMS to a cell phone from a computer is SKYPE.
$0.10 (about 50ag). Nothing needed but free software and almost any
internet connection.
If you want to send many, it becomes expensive quickly.
The cheapest way to send a "reasonable" amount is to install either a
Nokia phone which supports the feature connected via either BlueTooth or
USB OR a Hauwei USB dongle to your asterisk system.
A properly unlocked Hauwei dongle can be used to send and receive SMS's
and make and receive phone calls.
Depending upon your cellular plan it may be a good investment or a waste
of money.
About a year ago I bought a Hauwei dongle from a store in Haifa (it was
listed in ZAP) for under 300 NIS delivered, and another (used) one for
$50 delivered from a eBay vendor.
The eBay one had an antenna jack, which is good because within USB cable
range of my asterisk system there is no reliable cell phone coverage. I
bought a $15 antenna from China which is now out the window and on a
railing, and it works perfectly.
Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
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