[plug] Live Slides

[Michael Holland]

On Fri, 12 May 2006, Chris Watt wrote:

> Would prefer MMS -> Phone number as it;s easier for people to use (and

OK, so you want MMS-> computer. two things come to mind:
- google for "MMS email gateway". there are many services for SMS, so
  maybe MMS too.
- check the gnokii project:  http://gnokii.org/

I mention bluetooth because its a well defined standard that works well
with Linux. But you'll need a phone that makes MMS messages accessible
over BT, and I don't know if that happens.


> >From OSX, how would I write a script (In Apple Script I assume) that

Am I on the wrong list?

> would check the phone for mms's?
>
> The idea is that people will be able to send their images to this
> phone and it will then drop them into the computer instantly/quickly.
>
> ~Chris
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>
>
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> On 5/11/06, Michael Holland <myk at myk.id.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 May 2006, Chris Watt wrote:
> >
> > > I need to work out a way to automagically stream images from a phone
> > > (or such device to a computer to make a slideshow in realtime.  What I
> >
> > I'm not quite clear. Why does it have to be a phone?
> > Do you want to wander around, take a photo and send it wirelessly to the
> > slideshow?   Does this need to receive MMS images?
> >
> > If you just want a wireless camera, you can tell a phone to e-mail this
> > images over the 'net. Is that even close to what you want?
> >
> > > want to do is when the phone (or such device) receives the images, it
> >
> > receives how? What is the source?
> >
> > > will then append them to the slideshow (the main point is how to have
> > > the auto transfer haoppening, the rest i will sort out myself).
> >
> > You can have a script on the computer to poll a nearby phone, e.g. by
> > bluetooth, for new images. Am I getting warmer?
> >
> > > Basically - Send to a number, the comp will then grab what was sent
> > > and use it as it pleases.
> >
> > Why a 'number'? You mean by MMS?  Would an MMS-> email gateway help?
> >
> >
> > Mike.
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