SMS?

[O. Sinclair]

D. R. Evans wrote:
> Ignazio Palmisano said the following at 01/25/2008 11:37 AM :
>> D. R. Evans wrote:
> 
>>> I did a search in Synaptic for "sms" and it seems like there are several
>>> possible clients one can use to send SMS messages from Kubuntu (in
>>> particular, from within Kontact). Which package do people here recommend?
>>>
>>> If it makes a difference, I am in the US.
> 
>> KMobileTools works nicely for my Sony Ericsson (go and download the 
>> latest version from its site, however, the one in the repositories right 
>> now does not update the list of sms on the phone).
>>
> 
> The blurb for KMobileTools says:
> 
> ----
> 
> KDE application for controlling your mobile phone
> KMobileTools is a nice KDE application that allows you to control your
> mobile phone from your GNU/Linux PC.
> It's based on a Motorola C350 and C650, but it's also compatible with
> other mobile phones like Nokia, Ericsson and Siemens.
> 
> ----
> 
> Which doesn't sound at all like what I am looking for. I don't want to
> control anything; I just want to be able send an SMS from the computer to
> people's phones. It doesn't seem right that it should matter what kind of
> phone they have, since SMS is SMS, regardless of the phone.
> 
> In Kontact configuration there is a section called "Script Hooks" that has
> an entry labelled "SMS text" (which is currently blank, but presumably will
> need something in it once an SMS client is installed on the system).
> Unfortunately, the Kontact so-called help is considerably less than helpful
> in regard to all this :-(
> 
>   Doc
> 
> PS I installed kmobiletools anyway, in case I was misunderstanding its
> description, but it definitely isn't what I was looking for. It seems to
> want to talk to my phone somehow (bluetooth, usb or serial) which makes no
> sense if all I want to do is to send an SMS to (say) my wife's phone. So
> I've uninstalled it.
> 
> 
I suggest you go to
www.kde-apps.org and search for "sms" and see what comes up. Or you find 
a web-based provider for sending free sms which is what I have a feeling 
is what you are looking for. Otherwise most tools you will find will be 
based on the concept of using your phone to send sms that you type on 
the computer.

Sinclair