How would you implement texting a web site (to be able to update your status or whatever sending a text message using your cell and to be notified by receiving texts)?
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How would you implement texting a web site (to be able to update your status or whatever sending a text message using your cell and to be notified by receiving texts)?
Are you looking for the Twitter GEM? http://twitter.rubyforge.org/
But it doesn't let you use your cell to post tweets, does it? I guess you have to use the third party provider, such as Clickatell and then to handle incoming requests yourself. I have no idea how to take advantage of the command line functionality when it comes to cell phones.
I guess I misunderstood what you're looking for. AFAIK, the Twitter GEM is for interacting with the Twitter site, not making your site like Twitter.
The SMS_fu plugin http://brendanlim.com/2008/2/28/send...ls-with-sms-fu allows you to send text messages without a gateway server, but if you want your site to receive text messages, you need a "Short Code" (like a type of phone number). For SMS you'll need an SMPP server (yes, such as Clickatell) for your site to connect to.
It's not about how to program it, but about how to receive and send text messages. There are a number of so-called "SMS aggregators" who can interface you with a large number of cellular networks at once (usually via SMPP, which is a simple protocol with many implementations).
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