Dear Nicolas, If you go with Huawei E220 (or similar Huawei) on Linux (or similar), you will need a recent kernel (If you want I can find out from which version) that supports the dual (flash disk and modem) USB operation of this modem. I've used it, and from my experience, it has proven to be more stable and faster than the serial Wavecom modem. It should be less than 200 USD.
Regards, Tshimanga. -----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@kannel.org [mailto:users-boun...@kannel.org] On Behalf Of Alvaro Cornejo Sent: Thursday 25 June 2009 14:59 To: nicpott...@gmail.com Cc: kenbell...@gmail.com; users Subject: Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem Hi Nicolas Regarding the message storage, they can be stored in several parts: You can configure, in some modems/phones whether the messages will be stored in the sim itself or in the modem/phone memory. modems has space for about 20 messages. For sims, it will depend on the size of the internal memory. Also, the operator itself will keep messages that could not be delivered to the phone. Here however this will depend on operator policies. They use 2 main metrics here: Max number of pending messages and Max message retention time. You should contact your provider for this. Regards Alvaro |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Envíe y Reciba Datos y mensajes de Texto (SMS) hacia y desde cualquier celular y Nextel en el Perú, México y en mas de 180 paises. Use aplicaciones 2 vias via SMS y GPRS online Visitenos en www.perusms.NET www.smsglobal.com.mx y www.pravcom.com On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Nicolas Pottier<nicpott...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > >
