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SMS 2 Email!
croozeus | 14 December, 2008 18:56
How many times has it happened to you, that you need to send an urgent email, and you just don't find internet with you?
How many times, while travelling, did you want to send an email, but again no internet/GPRS?
Like the above two questions indicate, sometimes do we find ourselves caught up in situations like this. Moreover, if WLAN connection is not available, sometimes GPRS/WAP connection is expensive to use, particularly in India, where operators have trap tariff data plans for the same. Today as the world goes deeper and deeper into the internet, email has become the basic necessity of life for some people - Ask yourself!
Q: So what is a sensible thing to do in a situation like this?
A: Send an SMS
Well, the catch is establishing a mobile email server on a phone and using the same through other phones. A group/firm/family can use the email services by accessing the mobile email server (phone) remotely. I have been working on a similar project since last few days. The idea to turn the phone into an email hub is accomplished by an application SMS2EMAIL which serves this purpose.
The SMS2EMAIL application has to be installed on one of the phones from the group/firm/family. This phone now acts as a gateway for sending emails. Group members can send emails by merely sending an SMS to this phone (syntax specific ofcourse). The SMS Syntax is demonstrated in the screenshot below. The users can be configured on the application ofcourse, and they are authenticated before sending emails.
Sometimes it even serves lazy people who just care to type an SMS rather than browsing the web or the webclient to send emails, and I am one of them :-)
Would love to hear comments, and below is a video demonstration, Enjoy!
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Great work
neois | 14/12/2008, 21:24
Great work as always, Pankaj.
Keep up your good work!
Super!!
genesis4all | 15/12/2008, 06:08
So this is like a phone web server but running email server ?
I want to use this facility in my group. How can I contact to get it?
Nice app
abhijitbanerjee | 15/12/2008, 08:46
Great work.
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rahulsingh165 | 15/12/2008, 12:46
amazing!!!
when will this be launched in India and how much cost?
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Rafael T. | 15/12/2008, 17:17
Cool application!
When will we have the .sis file?
Congratulations for one more useful application!
Count on me for testing :)
Syntax
JOM | 16/12/2008, 10:37
Heh, great idea!
One proposal, make syntax both shorter and easier: first line email address, second line subject, anything after that message. SMS is pretty short, don't waste 12 chars just for grammar :)
Cheers,
--jouni
Great job
sis1987 | 16/12/2008, 10:37
Congratulations for this wonderful work.
Thank you!
croozeus | 16/12/2008, 10:58
@genesis4all, rahulsingh165: Lets see, how and when I plan to release it. Then you may use it for your group. Would be posting trackbacks here.
@Rafael T. : Thanks, sure if I need some Beta testers.
@JOM: Well yes, the syntax would be simpler when this would be released. May be more features added to the app too ;-) !
Thank you all for your positive feedback! This is truly motivation for me :-)
Neat!!
Symbian_Neil | 17/12/2008, 10:03
Nice Pankaj!
Count me in if Beta-testers needed :)
Nice app. Good Luck!!
Thank you
mbc100 | 22/12/2008, 14:23
Thank you
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korsun14 | 22/02/2009, 00:43
email to sms is very old technology (in Russia), but GPRS is too expensive, yeah. Nevertheless I prefer gprs 3g internet)
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Sir Pulse | 12/03/2009, 08:12
Interesting idea and great work. Good luck with innovation!
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cell phone news | 12/03/2009, 16:12
wonderfull application!
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eustin2 | 29/03/2009, 21:03
Very interesting post, Pankaj. Don't you mind if I translate it for Russian readers (with link to this post)?
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gothen | 05/04/2009, 22:18
That is very good idea! Go ahead and have success
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Lili_22 | 11/08/2009, 09:53
Thanks for good post!
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james85 | 29/10/2009, 02:41
When will we have the .sis file?
Congratulations for one more useful application!
Count on me for testing :)
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kristianna | 11/11/2009, 08:32
This is very excellent application.Good job man.I have used it and enjoyed it.Thank you very much Pankaj for sharing such a great and interesting application.
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firebane05 | 08/09/2011, 16:21
Interesting idea and great work. Good luck with innovation!
Cool
bogdan.galiceanu | 14/12/2008, 20:25
Nice one. Looks like a pretty useful app. And fun :)
And about the "lazy people who just care to type an SMS rather than browsing the web or the webclient to send emails", count me in :))