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Main problem I see with this, is the 160 character limit on txt messages.
Why not simply use the Wifi on the phone instead? Poor college student = Free Wifi on campus, right? |
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Also, I am aware of the 160 character limit, which is why there would be many "text messages" sent to the phone to display a webpage. Think of each text message as a "packet". My idea is kind of based off how packets are sent/received over networks. Like, for me to load this page, it probably took ~50 packets, depending on the size of the packet. Yes, 160 characters would be a pretty small packet I would imagine, requiring many, many text messages. But if I can get a good program going that can process the text messages properly, I might be able to pull it off. Is it probably more hassle than it will be worth? Probably, but it would be good experience for me and something fun to do. |
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YES.....Something else occurred to me. How will this work for those folks who have "normal" cell phones, say your average flip phone with a very small screen? It would take forever and a day to get to the end of the multiple messages that would make up a webpage.
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I have seen a program for PPC that has a web content viewer that uses SMS. It has weather, movie, email, sports... I have a data plan so I didn't try it out for too long, but it seemed to work ok. If I didn't have my data plan, I would definitely use it. I have been searching for it on Google for a half an hour for you, but I can't seem to find it. I'll keep looking.
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Ok, I found it. It doesn't have a crazy amount of features, but there are some..
Smart Touch Mobile http://www.smarttouchmobileinc.com/ Hope it helps.. |
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How much is the unlimited text plan? Dump that and get the data.
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My general conclusion is that if internet is important enough for you to waste your time coming up with software that in the end will be low quality and more inefficient than actually using normal internet access on a normal phone or using a laptop or campus computers and also getting a gazillion text messages and not having accesss to more complex sites than just figure out a way to come up with the 50 cents a day (15 dollars month you mentioned ) for internet. Buy 2 less beers at the bar a month. Financial assistance should be available somewhere. Buy some energy saving lightburbs for your residence. Lowering quality of life (internet experience) for 15 bucks? I wouldnt do it. That is if its that important to have internet access
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