Wammu is a computer program that can manage contacts, calendar schedules or messages on a cellphone via a graphical user interface

Graphical user interface

In computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...

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Gammu (software)

Gammu is a project which encompasses applications, scripts and drivers for managing various functions on cellular phones and similar devices.It is a stable and mature codebase with support for many models available on the market and provides functions unavailable in other similar projects...

 software libraryand works with cellphones from Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and Siemens.

History

The Wammu project was started in 2003 to create a universal application to manage mobile phones under Linux. Since 2003 it has evolved quite a lot, but there are still lot of rough areas and places to improve. Current project leader is Michal Čihař.

Features

• Supports sending SMS
  SMS
  SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
  
   (with delivery report), picture messages, can send/receive ring tones (as SMS)
• Phonebook
• Dial/Receive calls
• Calendar
• Todo list
• Notes

See also

• OpenSync - Open Source synchronization framework
• Gammu
  Gammu (software)
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   - a program for communicating with mobile phone
  Mobile phone
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• Gnokii
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   - a program for communicating with mobile phone
  Mobile phone
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• BitPim
  BitPim
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   - Open Source CDMA management and synchronization software
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  Series60-Remote
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  - GUI program for S60 phones