Re: Idea: Mass Text Messaging
One nice to have feature would be, if we could tell the phone to send an sms on a specied date/time. Jan On 3/5/07, Ryan Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? I meant, would anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? On Mar 4, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Rod Whitby wrote: Ryan Kline wrote: Could anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? Yes, anyone could. That's the beauty of open source :-) -- Rod ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Idea: Mass Text Messaging
My crappy Verizon locked-down phone already allows multiple to addresses. It also allows assigning contacts to pre-assigned groups. Sounds like you'd like the address book to allow arbitrary grouping and the ability to address a message to a group. Seems pretty simple. I'd suspect it could be integrated into the existing contacts/SMS application pretty easily. -Steven On 3/4/07, Ryan Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I repeatedly find myself in situations similar to this: I am at the mall with my parents and want to know if any of my friends are at the mall. I text individual friends (awkwardly) to ask if they are at the mall. Most of the time (99.99%) they are not, but still Anyway, my idea is a mass text feature that allows you to text a group of people all at the same time (with some kind of hint that the text has been sent to others) Can anyone make this happen? -ryan ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Idea: Mass Text Messaging
I can send a single text message to a group of people by just selecting the people in my phone book when i go to send a text. I know my old phone wasn;t able to do this but my new Motorola phone can, so I expect any recent motorola phone can do this already. -- Cathal O'Brien ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Idea: Mass Text Messaging
I repeatedly find myself in situations similar to this: I am at the mall with my parents and want to know if any of my friends are at the mall. I text individual friends (awkwardly) to ask if they are at the mall. Most of the time (99.99%) they are not, but still Anyway, my idea is a mass text feature that allows you to text a group of people all at the same time (with some kind of hint that the text has been sent to others) Can anyone make this happen? -ryan ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
RE: Idea: Mass Text Messaging
Yep piece of cake, you could set it up today (no need for Neo handset) Just code yourself a website that takes the numbers you copy into the outbound box, type your message into the message box, then enable a script to send your message to one of the many web based sms providers. You should be able to code this into a wap page that's easily accessible via any mobile (just make sure you secure access to your webserver so someone cant abuse your account). Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +1-917-207-3420 Mb +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Kline Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2007 6:47 PM To: OpenMoko Community List Subject: Idea: Mass Text Messaging I repeatedly find myself in situations similar to this: I am at the mall with my parents and want to know if any of my friends are at the mall. I text individual friends (awkwardly) to ask if they are at the mall. Most of the time (99.99%) they are not, but still Anyway, my idea is a mass text feature that allows you to text a group of people all at the same time (with some kind of hint that the text has been sent to others) Can anyone make this happen? -ryan ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Idea: Mass Text Messaging
Could anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? On Mar 4, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Dean Collins wrote: Yep piece of cake, you could set it up today (no need for Neo handset) Just code yourself a website that takes the numbers you copy into the outbound box, type your message into the message box, then enable a script to send your message to one of the many web based sms providers. You should be able to code this into a wap page that's easily accessible via any mobile (just make sure you secure access to your webserver so someone cant abuse your account). Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +1-917-207-3420 Mb +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Kline Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2007 6:47 PM To: OpenMoko Community List Subject: Idea: Mass Text Messaging I repeatedly find myself in situations similar to this: I am at the mall with my parents and want to know if any of my friends are at the mall. I text individual friends (awkwardly) to ask if they are at the mall. Most of the time (99.99%) they are not, but still Anyway, my idea is a mass text feature that allows you to text a group of people all at the same time (with some kind of hint that the text has been sent to others) Can anyone make this happen? -ryan ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Idea: Mass Text Messaging
Ryan Kline wrote: Could anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? Yes, anyone could. That's the beauty of open source :-) -- Rod ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Idea: Mass Text Messaging
Could anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? I meant, would anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? On Mar 4, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Rod Whitby wrote: Ryan Kline wrote: Could anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? Yes, anyone could. That's the beauty of open source :-) -- Rod ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Setting mplementation expectations correctly (Was: Idea: Mass Text Messaging)
Ryan Kline wrote: On Mar 4, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Rod Whitby wrote: Ryan Kline wrote: Could anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? Yes, anyone could. That's the beauty of open source :-) I meant, would anyone write this as an extension to the openmoko software? I expect someone would. But I think your question/request regarding implementation (as opposed to specification) of this feature is a bit premature. I can SMS to multiple recipients on my current Treo650, so I'd be looking for that functionality too, and in three or six month times I might be looking to implement that feature (if it hasn't been done already). But how about we wait until the phone actually has a stable dialer (see http://gnumonks.org/~laforge/weblog/2007/03/04/#20070304-phase0 for the current state), and then has an actual working command-line SMS interface, and *then* let's look at implementation of multiple recipients (on the command line, and then in the GUI). Don't get me wrong - this is not a complaint about the state of the dialer, I am *very* impressed at the speed of OpenMoko development on both the hardware and software, but some people (perhaps those who have never worked on real-world commercial embedded development) seem to have unrealistic expectations about the current state of this project. At this point in the project, specification of features is what we should be doing. Requests for actual implementations may well be quite premature at this point. Sure, if you have a great idea and you have the skills to implement it, then start now. If you have a great idea, and someone else (outside of the core team) has the drive and skills to implement it, and they have the itch enough to start now, that's great too. But vague requests like can someone please implement this feature for me are not going to get much traction when the people who are best placed to implement such features are busy getting the phone hardware and basic software to actually work ... [This is not meant to be a rant directed at you, Ryan, so please don't take it personally. It's meant to be a gentle reminder to the community that we are not discussing additions to a finished product here, we are participating in a project that is in the midst of basic product development. Let's set our questions and discussions in that context, and be mindful of our expectations as far as *implementation* of things goes (as opposed to specification of features we'd like to see).] -- Rod ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
