INTRODUCTION     This distribution contains a library to access GSM mobile phones     through GSM modems or IrDA devices. Features include:     * modification of phonebooks stored in the mobile phone or on the        SIM card     * reading and writing of SMS messages stored in the mobile phone     * sending and reception of SMS messages     Additionally, some simple command line programs are provided to     use these functionalities.REQUIREMENTS     You need a mobile phone that conforms to the GSM     standards ETSI GSM 07.07, ETSI GSM 07.05, and others.     Non-GSM mobile phones will not work! Additionally,     to access the mobile phone from the computer you will probably need an      GSM modem (that would be a PC-CARD, usually). There might be some     mobile phones, however, that incorporate directly terminal     adapter (TA) functionality. Access via IrDA interfaces is also     reported to work.     If you want to compile the library yourself please also read     doc/README.developers.INSTALLATION     This distribution uses autoconf/automake/libtool. See the file     INSTALL for generic installation instructions. The default     commands for installation under /usr/local would be:       ./configure       make       make install     If there are any problems you can generate a debug version. See     doc/README.developers for details.AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION     For the command line tools UNIX manual pages are available in the      doc subdirectory of this distribution. These are installed by     default in the directories /usr/local/man1, man7, and man8.     See also the files doc/README.developers, doc/README.NLS and doc/FAQ.HARDWARE          The following mobile phone/GSM modem combinations are reported to     be compatible in varying degrees with the current release:       - Nokia 6150/Xircom REM56G.100     - Nokia 6150/Options "GSM-Ready(R) Cellular-Only" modem       from Option International     - Nokia 6210/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Nokia 8810/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Siemens S10D/Dr Neuhaus Gipsy Card GSM     - Siemens S25/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Siemens S35i/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Ericcson SH888/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Ericsson 6050102/GM 12 GSM module     - -/Siemens M20T (stand-alone GSM module)     - -/Wavecom WM02 GSM (stand-alone GSM module)     - Nokia 7110 (firware rev 4.80)/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Nokia 8290 (USA GSM 1900MHz)/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Falcom A2-1/- (stand-alone GSM module)     - Ericsson R320s/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Motorola Timeport 260/- (Serial cable and Linux IrDA serial device)     - Motorola Timeport 250/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Motorola Timeport P7389/- (Linux IrDA serial device)     - Nokia Cellular Card Phone RPE-1 GSM900 and     - Nokia Card Phone RPM-1 GSM900/1800     - Nokia Cardphone/Compaq iPAQ     - Omnipoint technologies Redhawk 2000 GSM modem     - Ericsson T28 (but one firmware revision is reported to have problems)     - Ericcson T65     - Ericcson T39m/Bluetooth     Note 1: Some of the mobile phones have an integrated GSM modem     that can be accessed via the Linux IrDA drivers.     Note 2: Some of the abovementioned phones have still some glitches     with gsmlib (and I haven't tested them myself).     For the following phones I receive a lot of errors reports:     - Ericcson SH888: SMS function don't work with many firmware releases     This list is not exhaustive, there are probably many other types of     phone or GSM modem that work with gsmlib. Just try it and report back     to me!DISCLAIMER     Even though care has been taken in the design and implementation     of this software it can not be excluded that this software could     destroy data in your mobile phone or may even render your mobile     phone useless (by erroneous PIN settings, for example). The     author will not be held responsible legally, financially, or in any     other form for any kind of damage that might occur from using     this software.     This software is provided "as is" and without any expressed or implied     warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of     merchantibility and fitness for any particular purpose.     If you are not ready to accept these conditions please don't use     this software. COPYING     This software is available on the LGPL (GNU LIBRARY GENERAL     PUBLIC LICENSE), ie. it is allowed to link      the library to commercial programs.     See the file COPYING for details on the license.BUGS     There still seem to be some problems with IrDA devices under     Linux. There have been reports of gsmlib-based applications     (eg. gsmctl) hanging upon startup after initializing the serial port     /dev/ircomm. I would be thankful for any input on this problem.     If something does not work with your OS platform or the mobile/TA     combination please send a complete trace of the compilation or the     program execution that did fail. Make sure to compile with debugging      information enabled. Otherwise it will not be possible for me to do     much about the problem. Send bug reports to the mailing list or     to software@pxh.de. I promise not to publish telephone numbers or other      private information that might be contained in the execution traces     that you send me.MAILING LISTS     There are now two mailings lists available for announcements and     discussion of gsmlib-related issues (hosted on lists.over.net).     Refer to these pages for information on subscription procedures     and an archive of previous postings:       http://lists.over.net/mailman/listinfo/gsmlib-announce/         for announcements regarding GSMLIB       http://lists.over.net/mailman/listinfo/gsmlib-devel/         the GSMLIB development listAUTHOR     Peter Hofmann <software@pxh.de>.