Thanks Kenny,
It looks like the Huawei E160G is available pretty cheap on eBay as well.
One question on the Modem vs Phone approach. In my head it seems like
the phone would be more reliable as it would be receiving SMS's on it's
own regardless of what the attached PC is doing. The PC would then
retrieve them from the modem. This seems like it could lead to less
dropped messages.
Is my understanding correct here? Or do the modems and phones work more
similarly than I am giving them credit for? Will the modems buffer
incoming messages on their own as well as long as they are powered?
-Nic
Kenny wrote:
Hi,
For serial, I'll recommend the Wavecom and USD I'll recommend Huawei
E220 Modem. These are the modems i have used with good results in the past.
Kenny
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Nicolas Pottier <nicpott...@gmail.com
<mailto:nicpott...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I'll actually amend this to say that if there is a significant
advantage to have a real serial port then I can adapt whichever
laptop I get to accommodate that. I was originally thinking of
using a netbook for the task just for the sake of my luggage, but I
could just as easily use an old Thinkpad with a serial port if it
will work better.
-Nic
