By Brian Retford, Jordan Schwartz
June 2007
Pages: 72
Series: Short Cut
Format: PDF
ISBN 10: 0-596-51513-8 |
ISBN 13: 9780596515133
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)
The simple text message application that appears on virtually all mobile phones is the ultimate thin client, allowing your users access to the full computing power and informational depth of the Internet from a cheap cell phone on a mountaintop. Building an SMS service can be quite simple. This tutorial guides you through a variety of implementations, giving you the information you need to choose one that best fits your unique needs and circumstances.
More than that, though, it
seeks to help you understand the core
principles necessary to make your service
a success.
Full Description
Building an SMS service can be quite simple. This tutorial guides you through a variety of implementations, giving you the information you need to choose one that best fits your unique needs and circumstances. More than that, though, it seeks to help you understand the core principles necessary to make your service a success.
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Good read, May 29 2008
SMS is "Short Message Service." Most people are familar with it as the Text Messaging feature of their cell phone. I am not a big fan of SMS for its social aspects, as it is too easy to get lost in the technology at the expense of having a real life. On the other hand, I have made good use of it for providing critical event information (though the technology is not the most reliable). A big use for SMS is as a commercial service, and that is what this document addresses.
Program examples are in Python, so experience with that language, or at least some programming background, can be useful. The text is very readable and understandable, otherwise, if your are not so inclined.
Consider this document as something as a how-to (go figure!) on how to set up an SMS service. That is, steps to go through, resources, etc. so that you can have customers that receive your announcements, request your information, or tally up votes for "American Idol."
While this is not a complete document by any means, you should be able to use it to test the concepts, and decide where to go from there.
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