John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone

Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by joshu on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @10:38PM (#2146461)

does anyone know of cheap mobile phones that are easy to connect to via USB or rs-232 (or whatever) from Linux? I want to have some remote sensors be able to send SMS...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by forza on Thursday January 27, 2011 @04:09AM (#2147204)

3g modems are quite cheap and can send sms.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by joshu on Thursday January 27, 2011 @04:19AM (#2147218)

most of them? what software do you recommend?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by viraptor on Thursday January 27, 2011 @06:30AM (#2147435)

All of them AFAIK. Huawei is one of the most popular ones: http://www.3gmodem.com.hk/Huawei.html Just double check on the forums that your linux knows how to talk to them. Some models have integrated storage which includes windows drivers and need a special application to send them "start acting normally, I don't need that crap" message.

[ Parent | on HN ]