[Kde-pim] GSOC 2010 ::KDE idea - facility for sending short messages Draft for GSOC 2010 kde related project.

[Boris shtrasman]

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On Sunday 07 of February 2010 10:03:00 Boris shtrasman wrote:
>> Hi ,
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>> // end of idea

>How about using libgnokii solely to access phone? It's the most compatible
>suite to access mobile phones on Linux around. KMobiletools uses only AT and
>trying to use it always resulted in application being frozen.
Well , for a start libgnokii dosn't support all mobile phones (e.g.
telit + Motorola)
rather small part of the nokia mobiles (not even all of them),
Plus there are GSM modem (from 2G to 3G) that support SMS messages.

The only basic solution that I can be sure to work is AT commands.

>I wonder maybe writing akonadi sms (or akonadi-gnokii) resource would be
>better (if it's not there already)? Since everything in KDE-pim moves to
>akonadi where possible now, I think it would be better idea to use this
>framework rather than write dedicated KDEPim library with custom library
>interface.
I'm tring to get the correct help on #kontact currently, but afaik
akonadi is for storage ,
 perhaps decibel is the best option. Another thing is I'm searching
for the design guidelines (Can't find them)
for developing kdepim library.
>>Using gnokii as third party library in my opinion should be preferred over
>writing custom AT/USB/Bluetooth phone library. One has to consider the fact,
>that someone will need to maintain this code after GSOC is done if this code
Well , I wish to do it - since after GSOC I will need to choose final Eng.
 project and that could be a great option.
>is meant to stay in KDEPim and it's easier to achieve when code is simple and
>preferably doesn't require constant updates to make it compatible with new
>phone models.
This is the main reason to stick with AT commands, since there are so
many changes in the models (apart from Motorola phones).

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Best regards ,
Boris Shtrasman yet another linux developer
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