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Engadget Podcast 169 - 10.31.2009
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
James Eberhardt @ Sep 28th 2007 12:13AM
I'm quite excited about this product. As someone who has just setup a box to do this, it would have saved me a lot of time if I had a device that I could just turn on and configure to get going. Sure, there are do-it-yourself methods of doing this, but for people in the business world, to spend some money on hardware means saving money on time. How many hours would it take to setup and configure a Linux box with Kannel and Mbuni, plus the web interface to the software? I'd like to see someone read SMS and MMS messages from a SIM card using nothing but a simple PHP script. Not to mention that you need a cellular modem that accepts a SIM card.
@Matt - I'd really like to see a link to your solution that took you no longer than 10 minutes. Last time I checked, it takes about 10 minutes just to download, install and configure Apache. Was your solution perhaps using an online service that you were able to post your cell phone pictures to?
If you think this is overpriced, then please produce a pre-configured product to sell to people that does that same thing.
I think that this is a product that is the first to market at a time when a lot of people are looking for this functionality. Personally, I am seriously considering purchasing one.
Russ @ Sep 28th 2007 12:33AM
agreed - this is pretty cool. yes, probably of limited appeal. a friend of mine coded a dating site where we wanted to allow people to update their profile pics via a cameraphone. at the time it was easiest to tell users to send their pictures to a unique email address (how flickr does it). would've been much nice to just give them a phone number..
matt @ Sep 28th 2007 12:48AM
I set the contact I am sending it to as an email address, then had it pulled through pop and posted to my wordpress, modified wordpress to send to livejournal on new post.