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[_] sms updates

amias something at amias.org.uk
Thu Nov 1 14:55:26 GMT 2007

On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 12:47 +0000, underscore at firecast.co.uk wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I've had a request from a customer to look into providing updates of a
> websites content based on SMS messages from users. e.g. they text
> 'latest' to a given number and then recieve a text with the latest news.

someone like mobile 365 (cant find a link) should be able to do this for
you.

> Is this a case of getting a thinrd party to handle the SMS parts interms
> of sending and receiving and then the web developer would then pass then
> live data on a regular pases e.g. once every 1 hour for example.

RSS feeds should allow you do this with out human interaction.

Toodle-pip
Amias