Software idea - sms related....

[Guest m4rcus]

160 characters is all you get when you type an sms... I think you'll agree that it isn't a great deal when you are trying to have a conversation with someone. So in a moment of inspiration (that's two in a year - see 'screen dimming application') could it be possible to do the following?

Have an application, maybe PC based, but hopefully not, that you type in a long SMS over the 160 characters that you are allowed. Then the application converts the text into something smaller using some kind of clever mathematics type stuff. The new text is probably a load of crap, but gets sent anyway to another person with a smartphone who can then receive the garbled sms, but can decrypt it in to the longer than standard sms...

So hands up who followed that? :)

[Guest Toyota-F1.com]

I don'#t really know what you mean, but you can on the SPV E200 (and probably other SPVs) send more than one message in one go i.e. send a 200 chracter message which will be 2 messages altogether.

[Guest m4rcus]

Okay I see you no what I mean!

Right, 10p or what ever is bloody expensive for the amount of data that an sms is.

Here's the idea again...

Type text message in special program, any length (within reason)

Press send

The program compacts the sms by means of magic (or mathematics)

This 'data' then gets sent via sms (looks like a load of rubbish but is only 160 long max)

Text message gets received by someone who has same prog on their phone (smartphone only)

The special program then deciphers the text to reveal the original full massage.

In other words a program that compresses the message enough to fit into one message, then uncompresses it the other end...

Any clearer? :?

[Guest roozbeh]

well i have created that application

but anyway you can send more than 160 char messsages

160 is no limit...it only tells you if you reach above that then phone will sned 2 messsages!and so on....

but anyway i have created that compressor but been busy on other things and also the gui looks pretty bad....

maybe soon i will release it

[Guest pisquee]

If this is a compressor program that can be made cross platform then you'll be onto a winner.

[Guest roozbeh]

it is crossplatform as in standars we have text compression

but i dont know wheter nokia,siemens or other brands do support this.....

but as in standards we have it

[Guest m4rcus]

By the way, I know you can send long text messages, it just gets expensive!

So we have a compression program, great, how much text can you get into one sms (I guess that's how you send the data?)

For cross platform, can you write it in java?

The most important thing... can I try it please? GUI aren't everything :)

[Guest chucky.egg]

I can see the idea, but in practical terms I can't see it being very user-friendly

You'd have to type your SMS into an "encoder"

Edit the original message to get it down to one (or two, three etc) message lengths

Encode the message to reduce the character count

Copy and paste the encoded version into and SMS

Send the SMS

When you receive the SMS you'd have to copy and paste it into the "decoder"

Then you'd be able to read the message

Isn't it easier just to type your message and abbreviate words to fit the number of messages you want to send?

[Guest m4rcus]

I dont think it is easier at all, some people, like me, dont like to use short text.

There are some damn clever people out there that should be able to create a program to the extent that there is little input required other than the words you want.

Lets face it, text messages are a Cash Cow for the phone companies and they love it. The sooner a commercial/free app is available the sooner they would drop their prices.

If the postal service only let you send 160 charaters you'd be a bit pi**ed off!

Come on people, lets make these smartphones even smarter... :)

[Guest roozbeh]

chris.orton

your understanding is wrong

when you recieve that kind of messages your phone doesnt show you anything...you will never know you have recieved one

but as far as my application is running you will know it

and you can also write it in that program and send....

the only diffrence is you have to do your sms with my program for example.....

about gui it is best to say i havent implemented one!

so whenever i find time on making one out of it....then i hope i can release it

[Guest chucky.egg]

@roozbeh

Oh, OK, I think I see what you mean. Your app intercepts the incoming message and "decodes" it, so it never makes it into the standard SMS Inbox.

But you need to consider that if people don't know how long their message is going to be *before* they start writing it there could be problems. People would have to write SMS in your app, or at very least (and not a good option IMO) be able to transfer the message to your app if it turned out to be longer than they expected - just like this post is!

If your app is a complete replacement for the built-in SMS tools then it could work. It would have to be "feature rich", integrated with the phonebook, universal (not just MS Smartphone), and probably FREE so that everyone would be able to use it and *want* to use it.

What you're talking about is not far off creating a new standard for SMS, not a small task!

[Guest lukeap69]

roozbeh,

this seems to be very useful app. can you release it sooner?

lukeap

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