Now SMS/MMS Newsletter
NowSMS v5.51b Update April 29, 2005

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NowSMS v5.51b Update

Now Instant Messaging and Presence Server

OTA Settings without Proxy/Gateway

E-Mail Client Provisioning on P900/P910

Microsoft Smartphone cannot receive WAP Push

2-way SMS and Arabic Text

Deleting or Replacing a Previously Sent WAP Push


 

NowSMS v5.51b Update

An updated patch, v5.51b, is available for the Now SMS/MMS Gateway software product. This is a maintenance release that provides some additional configuration flexibility and product enhancements. A complete list of enhancements can be found at the link below, however we will mention a few highlights here.

When it comes to configuring phone settings over- the-air (OTA), one of the most common questions of late has been the ability to provision settings for general internet connectivity (without a proxy). The OMA OTA configuration dialog has been enhanced to properly support sending out OTA settings that do not contain a proxy.

We've also added configuration settings to allow customised retry handling for message delivery.

SMPP connectivity has been enhanced with improved support for SMSCs that use optional TLV (tag/length/value) parameters. Message segmentation and port addressing can now be specified through TLV parameters instead of direct UDH (user data header) settings. Additionally, we've added support for setting MBlox's premium rate SMS parameters when connecting to MBlox via SMPP.

Find out more....

Dear Bryce,

For those who don't keep up with discussions on the Now SMS/MMS Discussion board, we'd like to take this opportunity to point out some of the more interesting recent discussions, and relevant product updates for the Now SMS/MMS Gateway.

We'd also like to introduce the Now IMP Server, an Instant Messaging server that supports both mobile phones and PC desktop clients via support for the Open Mobile Alliance (Wireless Village) Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) specification and XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol).


  • Now Instant Messaging and Presence Server
  • The NowIMP Server is an Instant Messaging and Presence Server that supports both mobile phones and PC desktop clients.

    Users can communicate with each other using instant messaging technology whether they are connected on the same Local Area Network, or connected through mobile wireless technology.

    Mobile phone clients are supported through the NowIMP Server's implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance (Wireless Village) Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) specification.

    PC desktop clients are supported through the NowIMP Server's implementation of the XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol). A Windows based desktop client supporting XMPP is bundled with the NowIMP Server to enable instant communications.

    External connectivity is supported with a built-in e- mail gateway, allowing IM users to send messages to e-mail recipients, and allowing e-mail users to send messages to IM recipients. E-mail connectivity provides a simple built-in API for alert management, allowing automated applications to interface with the Instant Messaging network.

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  • OTA Settings without Proxy/Gateway
  • From the discussion board ...

    I am trying to use NowSMS to send the UK Orange GPRS internet settings to a Nokia 6600. I have tried to leave the wap gateway IP blank from the page, and the settings make it to the phone, but it says it's unable to save them. I have tried entering 0.0.0.0, and that works, but sets the proxy IP to 0.0.0.0 which is obviosuly no good. I have also tried entering "192.168.071.035" which is an IP I found from http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html but while that makes it to the phone, it doesn't actually work.

    So basically, I would like to know if there is there anyway of specifiying "None" for the proxy IP from the OMA OTA settings page?

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  • E-Mail Client Provisioning on P900/P910
  • From the discussion board ...

    Can you help me with e-mail Client Provisioning on P900/P910 ?

    Sending E-mail CP using OTA or OMA seams to be a dead end for SEM devices in general, (- only OTA for GPRS/APN and SyncML works). Using Nokia Smart Messaging to T630 however works (see below). I can also see that my operator(s) can send e-mail provisioning to my P900/P910 using what indeed looks like Smart Messaging.

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  • Microsoft Smartphone cannot receive WAP Push
  • From the discussion board ...

    Seems like the new O2 XDA IIs, Mini and Xphone II all cannot receive wap push from nowsms, any way to solve it?

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  • 2-way SMS and Arabic Text
  • From the discussion board ...

    When I use the Unicode data recovered from the message file in the SMS-IN directory, I can restore correctly the Arabic string contained in the binary message. But when I recovered it from the vriable @@FULLSMS@@ in 2-way processing I can't restore the arabic string.

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  • Deleting or Replacing a Previously Sent WAP Push
  • From the discussion board ...

    I remember somewhere saying if we send a wap push with the si id it will always override older wap push msg of the same si id. Or we can delete the older wap push. How can we input it for url submission?

    Read on...
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