A word on short messaging -Regardless of SMS or MMS or Tweets, messaging is the best channel for notification-like distribution. Second to none. True SMS is way to expensive and prohibitive for many. SMS though is a cash-cow for network providers who must be terrified of Twitter. If targeting notification-like app such as promotions, SMS and Twitter is the way to go.
- On Mobile Applications, Platforms and Monetization — “Show me the Money”
- SMS is King, Heaven and Hell, all at the same time
- Competing in the Mobile Market Today
- 8 BILLION texts sent every day. Or 92,000 text messages sent every second of every day
- Analysis and Opinions on the Future of Messaging
- On Texting Usage in the USA (PEW Internet Project)
- Texting and The Evolution of the Thumb
On Coding: Messaging, Multimedia Messaging on Java ME
Good External Resources
- Communities Dominate Brands
- Text Message Statistics (CellSigns)
- @TxtFo
Hello, I did find your name on web after reading a nice article you issued at http://developers.sun.com/mobility/midp/articles/pushreg/
about capability of MIDP 2.0 Push Registry to deal with SMS arrival on java phones.
I am looking for a program to work on any mobile (not only smartphones) to make it work as a gps tracker : An SMS coming from server to start a program which has to send gps data to the server through SMS every x minutes and at the end of service an SMS to stop the program
do you think this may exist somewhere ?
Hi… Yes that is possible and there are companies that have done that. I can’t name one from top of my head now.