Which is Better: Mobile Phone or GSM / GPRS Modem?
In general, a GSM/GPRS modem is recommended for use with a computer to send and receive messages. This is because some mobile phones have certain limitations comparing to GSM/GPRS modems. Some of the limitations are described below: • Some mobile phone models (example: Ericsson R380) cannot be used with a computer to receive concatenated SMS messages. What is a concatenated SMS message? A concatenated SMS message is a message that contains more than 140 bytes. (A normal SMS message can only contain at most 140 bytes.) Concatenated SMS works like this: the sender’s mobile device breaks a message longer than 140 bytes into smaller parts. Each of these parts are then fitted in a single SMS message and sent to the recipient. When these SMS messages reach the destination, the recipient’s mobile device will combine them back to one message. What is the cause of the problem? When the mobile phone receives the SMS messages that are parts of a concatenated SMS message, it combines them to one m
