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If so, what are they called and where can I get one?

What I'm referring to is an expansion card for a PC that you put a sim card into and you can send and receive SMS from. Please note, I'm not after a mobile handset, I want something that I can hook into some software.

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There are some that work off USB. These are called GSM modems and can be used to send SMS using the AT command set.

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And many handsets can be used the same way, so: also can be used to "hook into some software". – Arjan Feb 18 '10 at 8:29
Thanks guys, I might look into a GSM modem. Basically what I want to do is have an SMS gateway that I can use to send and receive messages from. The modem will only receive and then relay the message to a web application. The web application will then do whatever it needs to and if a reply is required, it will send it via a cheap SMS service rather than back through the modem. – Iain Fraser Feb 18 '10 at 8:37
It is possible to use almost any mobile phone that has either a serial cable, a USB cable, or Bluetooth. (The latter two almost always have either modem or serial port emulation.) AT+CMGR :) – grawity Feb 18 '10 at 14:26
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