Re: clueless question! - sortof sms/text related

2016-06-17 Thread bruce
Thanks Mark. Given me pointers.. Appreciate it. Ultimately, I envision a backend/blackbox that would handle all the message stuff, but it seems as though I'm looking for a chat/msg server/client apps. Ok, narrows down the domain to focus on.. As to the deployment, target group. The focus is the

Re: clueless question! - sortof sms/text related

2016-06-17 Thread Mark Haney
Honestly, you're better off using existing apps and scraping their data, especially things like Twitter. Based on your description, it sounds a lot like Groupon, et al, and unless your business case is /very/ compelling I wouldn't expect another "messenger app" type to get a high adoption rate.

Re: clueless question! - sortof sms/text related

2016-06-17 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 10:02 -0400, bruce wrote: > Here's my use case. > > Master process sends out msgs to 5 people, 'hey, gret deal' 1st 100 > people get it for price X" > > The 5 people then send the msgs to their friends, who in turn send to > their friends, etc.. Sounds awfully like you

Re: clueless question! - sortof sms/text related

2016-06-17 Thread Tom Rivers
On 6/17/2016 10:02 AM, bruce wrote: Here's my use case. Master process sends out msgs to 5 people, 'hey, gret deal' 1st 100 people get it for price X" The 5 people then send the msgs to their friends, who in turn send to their friends, etc.. You can use email to send out text messages if

Re: clueless question! - sortof sms/text related

2016-06-17 Thread bruce
Hi Mark. Here's my use case. Master process sends out msgs to 5 people, 'hey, gret deal' 1st 100 people get it for price X" The 5 people then send the msgs to their friends, who in turn send to their friends, etc.. Now, in theory, you can already do this with your cell phone.. You whip out

Re: clueless question! - sortof sms/text related

2016-06-17 Thread Mark Haney
I'm not entirely sure what you're working toward. I mean, all recent phones (last decade at least) can already send/receive SMS messages, so I fail to understand your project simply based on that. I don't mind taking this offline, if the list isn't interested, but more information is needed

clueless question! - sortof sms/text related

2016-06-17 Thread bruce
Hi guys. This is totally off topic -- so delete as required!! I'm investigating a project, and have no clue as to where to start, other than Google/reseach/etc.. Curious as to how to setup a test system to have test users send/receive sms/test messages. If a user has a mobile/app that connects