Title: SMSes offer smart apps to basic cellphones
Author: MacGregor Campbell
Pages: pp.
ISBN:
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Source: New Scientist
Publisher: Reed Business Information Ltd.
Date (published): 04/11/2009
Date (accessed): 06/11/2009
Type of information: article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
In a world of smartphones, text messaging might seem humdrum. But SMS could be used to bring internet-based services to users with basic handsets.

Umesh Chandra of the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, California, is building a network protocol that will enable basic cellphones to connect via SMS with internet servers. He thinks it will be particularly useful in countries like India, where lots of people have cellphones but few can afford advanced models.