GPS+sms apps

[Andreas Kostyrka]

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10-15c/SMS => that's about 60-90c per KB. Or 600-900$ per MB. Don't
think that GPRS is THAT expensive even in Canada.

Andreas

Crane, Matthew wrote:
> Ok, yea, they aren't often free, but they are often free to send even
> with the basic plans.  In the case of an application where it's sending
> to a central server and notifications go out much more rarely, then free
> to send is preferable.  I think the basic plans often charge 10-15c.
> For reference, Canadian $ getting closet to parity with USD lately.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org
> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Mikko J
> Rauhala
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:56 AM
> To: community at lists.openmoko.org
> Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps
> 
> On ti, 2007-05-29 at 09:15 -0400, Crane, Matthew wrote:
>> I guess SMS is generally more accessable and tends to be a lot
> cheaper,
>> often free, in Toronto and most of Canada.
> 
> I didn't know SMS are often free; here they cost a bundle, though a bit
> less if you take a bulk deal in your monthly fees. OTOH, here we have
> quite affordable no-limit GPRS(/EDGE/UMTS).
> 
> Clearly it would be good for a locator service to be able to communicate
> via both methods, depending on what kind of a mobile plan the user has.
> 
> As for availability, for a GPRS-preferred user of such a service you
> could pretty much assume that they are connected whenever the phone is
> on and has coverage, so not that different from SMS...
> 
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