SMS

Cell Phone Text Messaging protocol. Kinda like Instant Messaging.

Twitter was originally designed for it.

Not free for most people to activate. (at least in the US)

Receiving gateway

• Texting Ly http://texting.ly/

Sending service: (guaranteed service level?)

• http://www.cellular.co.za/email_to_sms_gateways.htm

• http://www.mobilesys.com/mblox-americas/mblox-amer.shtml

• http://www.bulksms.org/

• http://www.free-sms-messages.com/

Sending from code:

• ASP http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ASP/Sending-SMS-Messages-With-ASP-and-OpenSMS/

• PHP http://forums.devarticles.com/t5239/s96aefa0937f7744bd2484079d4264411.html

• Perl http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone27/cat850/18229.htm

• Python

  • BulkSms http://freshmeat.net/projects/bulksms/ uses bulksms gateway

  • Sms Mailer http://www.egenix.com/files/python/Introduction.html supports multiple free gateways

Google service - US only - no API, only web form interface? Will it let me do a simple HttpPost to send?