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SMS through GPRS (Java) |
thevoice
Joined: Apr 14, 2002
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From: Norway
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Have any of you ever heard of a company that lets you send cheap sms by using a java applet on your phone that sends the message to the company's SMS gateway through GPRS ?
I remember seeing a site that offered that before I got my P800, but I forgot to bookmark it for later.
It would be great if any of you knew of any of these sites, as it could mean great savings in SMS costs. |
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bhang
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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My t300 does this outta the box and sends it to the t-mob gate
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krazykritter
Joined: Mar 13, 2003
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From: Arlington, TX
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what's the point of sedning SMS through GPRS? Does this change the way you're billed or something? Meaning are you billed for data instead of an sms message?
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thevoice
Joined: Apr 14, 2002
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From: Norway
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It means that you pay for the data that you send through your GPRS bill, and you buy credits for SMS from the external company, and those SMS are much cheaper than you have to pay to your mobile carrier. |
701
Joined: Nov 26, 2002
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i don't have java in the phone...but i have gprs and it's free! so, if any1 knows the adress that would be nice.))
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jellyellie
Joined: Dec 27, 2002
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but then you have to pay for GPRS too
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thevoice
Joined: Apr 14, 2002
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of course you will have to pay GPRS charges for the message that you send, but it's not very many kb of data, and will probably not cost more than a few cents.
Altogether I would save at least 50% compared to what my carrier charges.
I just need to find that website again  |
lazarini
Joined: May 08, 2002
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yup that woud be a steal ... has anyone got that kinda thing for p800 ? |
jellyellie
Joined: Dec 27, 2002
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it would probably work out more expensive at the GPRS prices you pay here in the UK
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lazarini
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but it woud come cheap as a donat from where i come from ... |
jellyellie
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lucky...
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mkt
Joined: Dec 11, 2002
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From: Poland
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Havent heard of such kind of java soft, but i've been using a lot of WAP to SMS gateways when i had free gprs. I paid zero for my messages (however most of gateways i knew are closed or not reliable anymore). Some of them were very professional and well organized, with own ponebook and even option to flash messages. With proper bookmark after login it wasnt more difficult to use than write a essage from phones sms menu. |
krazykritter
Joined: Mar 13, 2003
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From: Arlington, TX
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Well what about those of us with phones like the T300 that have the option in the phone to set SMS via GSM or GPRS. How are thsoe different? I u7nderstand using a WAP page, but what about this option. Is it really any different? I mean am I jsut being billed for GPRS data and a SMS too?
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mkt
Joined: Dec 11, 2002
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At least with my operator, there's no difference. He charges the same.
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XBone
Joined: Dec 11, 2001
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From: BE / Switzerland
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The difference *would* be that sending SMS over GPRS would only charge the few bytes that you actually send. Problem is: most operators (e.g. all here in Switzerland) have locked their GPRS-Accesspoints for SMS. We were able to send SMS almost for free when GPRS had just started, but people switched that feature off quite soon...
So, if you could do that with some Java soft and a special gateway: NICE  |
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Posted: 2003-04-02 20:08
