SMS 'Device' for PC

meglome

I'm looking for suggestions on a mobile device(phone) that I can receive messages directly to a PC. Something that I can run an automation script or application to retrieve the message from the device. Ideas anyone?

Tom Dunne

meglome wrote: »

I'm looking for suggestions on a mobile device(phone) that I can receive messages directly to a PC. Something that I can run an automation script or application to retrieve the message from the device. Ideas anyone?

I remember doing something like this a long while ago.

Look into AT commands. You can basically send these type of commands to the mobile phone, connected via cable, and retrieve the SMS messages from the phone. I got a great document on the Nokia website, if I recall correctly. Actually, just Googled "Nokia AT commands" , loads of info there.

I did it using Hyper Terminal, manually, as I was only trying it out, but I don't see a reason why you couldn't do it via a script/program.

meglome

Great suggestion thanks

mathew

if you're on a Mac there's a brialliant program called BluePhoneElite.
I use it daily.. Really handy app.

meglome

mathew wrote: »

if you're on a Mac there's a brialliant program called BluePhoneElite.
I use it daily.. Really handy app.

Unfortunately not.

lar84

What type of phone do you have? TheSony Ericsson PC Suite retrieves messages from the phone to the PC.

Tom Dunne

lar84 wrote: »

What type of phone do you have? TheSony Ericsson PC Suite retrieves messages from the phone to the PC.

By the sounds of it, meglome wants to directly access the messages via a custom piece of software, as opposed through a third-party application like the PC Suite.

Davy

Vista also does this automatically without any other software. The texts appear in the sidebar

Sam Vimes

Davy wrote: »

Vista also does this automatically without any other software. The texts appear in the sidebar

Yes but he wants to be able to programmatically do something with the messages once they're copied to the computer, eg forward them on somewhere. He doesn't just want to read them

Davy

Sam Vimes wrote: »

Yes but he wants to be able to programmatically do something with the messages once they're copied to the computer, eg forward them on somewhere. He doesn't just want to read them

Nokia Text Messenger allows you to receive and send messages from Vista Sidebar.

Sam Vimes

Davy wrote: »

Nokia Text Messenger allows you to receive and send messages from Vista Sidebar.

Right but you still have to physically be sitting at the computer and manually read incoming messages and manually type the replies no?

He doesn't want to do that, he wants it all automated. Something like those text in competitions where you start your text with a code word that the computer recognises and it enters you into the competition without a human being involved.....I think. That is the type of thing you want isn't it OP?

Davy

Yes i was only thinking of a normal user, as generally all people want is to send a receive texts. Automatic replys is more paying a company for a business setup.

And yes you would have to be at the computer to reply forward whatever etc. If the op gave more info of what he wanted it would save all this confusion.

Random

You could also look into some of those broadbad modems, they all come with SMS apps. I'm sure there's people out there who've worked out how to write your own code to interface with them etc.

meglome

Sam Vimes wrote: »

Right but you still have to physically be sitting at the computer and manually read incoming messages and manually type the replies no?

He doesn't want to do that, he wants it all automated. Something like those text in competitions where you start your text with a code word that the computer recognises and it enters you into the competition without a human being involved.....I think. That is the type of thing you want isn't it OP?

Right I need to be able to have the messages copied automatically off the phone or sms device and handled by another automated process on the PC.