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  • 20-06-2005 2:58pm
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    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,516 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    Just wondering if anybody knows of any software out there that will allow you receive text messages directly onto your PC (whether it be through a mobile phone or not). Or, if possible, software that will receive SMS's and put them into a database. ie if you text name and age, a database will have 2 columns and it will save this?
    thanks,
    antodeco


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    Wez
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Wez


    I think you'll have to get a gsm modem.. Here's one, although with that pcmcia slot, it's meant for a laptop..

    http://www.expansys.ie/product.asp?code=MERLIN_U630


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    elderlemon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭elderlemon


    antodeco wrote:
    Hi all,
    Just wondering if anybody knows of any software out there that will allow you receive text messages directly onto your PC (whether it be through a mobile phone or not). Or, if possible, software that will receive SMS's and put them into a database. ie if you text name and age, a database will have 2 columns and it will save this?
    thanks,
    antodeco

    You don't necessarily need a GSM modem. A lot of phone comes with modems built in an will allow you to send/receive sms messages via the handset when connected to a pc. You will however need and sms s/w package and these usually don't some cheap. Try tapping google for sms gateway and see what comes back.


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    elderlemon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭elderlemon


    antodeco wrote:
    Hi all,
    Just wondering if anybody knows of any software out there that will allow you receive text messages directly onto your PC (whether it be through a mobile phone or not). Or, if possible, software that will receive SMS's and put them into a database. ie if you text name and age, a database will have 2 columns and it will save this?
    thanks,
    antodeco

    Thinking different - if all you are going to do is receive it may be possible for your operator to forward sms to an email address. I know they can do it for mms so it may be possible. Then all you have to do is write an app that opens a pop mailbox and extract the messages and write them to a db.


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