RE: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-29 Thread Crane, Matthew
Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 5:16 PM To: Crane, Matthew; OpenMoko Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps Why would you need SMS - if you are running a data plan already to track cell tower and relative position to other Neo users then you may as well make it a self contained

Re: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-29 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 5:16 PM To: Crane, Matthew; OpenMoko Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps Why would you need SMS - if you are running a data plan already to track cell tower and relative position to other Neo users then you may as well make it a self contained

RE: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-29 Thread Mikko J Rauhala
On ti, 2007-05-29 at 09:15 -0400, Crane, Matthew wrote: I guess SMS is generally more accessable and tends to be a lot cheaper, often free, in Toronto and most of Canada. I didn't know SMS are often free; here they cost a bundle, though a bit less if you take a bulk deal in your monthly fees.

RE: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-29 Thread Crane, Matthew
, Canadian $ getting closet to parity with USD lately. Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikko J Rauhala Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:56 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps On ti, 2007-05-29 at 09:15 -0400

Re: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-29 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikko J Rauhala Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:56 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps On ti, 2007-05-29 at 09:15 -0400, Crane, Matthew wrote: I guess SMS is generally more accessable and tends to be a lot

RE: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-28 Thread Dean Collins
Why would you need SMS - if you are running a data plan already to track cell tower and relative position to other Neo users then you may as well make it a self contained application. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-28 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You don't need GPS for that. It's a quite simple Python script (without GUI certainly less than 10 lines) for PyS60 (Symbian S60), that checks the GSM/UMTS cell info, and sends a SMS to your wife if you enter a specific cell (I'll be home in 15

Re: GPS+sms apps

2007-05-28 Thread Brad Midgley
fwiw, I tried this on a symbian60 phone... have it ring an alarm wake up and get off the bus when I approached a certain tower. The problem is that alarm went off at the most unexpected times. I think cell tower reception isn't just nice little circles like you'd expect. You don't need GPS for