writing software for iphone / mobile phone

[think2]

I'm a software developer looking into creating a website for a friend that allows people to make a booking with him. I want to have a semi-automated way for him to send reminder texts (SMS) from his iPhone e.g. once a day he could browse to his website and be presented with a list of tomorrows bookings - or perhaps once a day download (or be automatically sent) a file of all future bookings that he can browse offline.

Any ideas for the easiest way to do this?

I've never written software for a mobile phone. Is it possible to write an app that runs (can easily be ported to) on any of the major mobile phones? As far as I can see Java ME can't be used on an iPhone.

TIA

Edit - the texts need to be sent from his phone rather than some other service because he has a mobile plan that lets him send lots of texts.

 

[sygyzy]

On an Android phone, a program can send a text from the phone. You can't do this on iPhone and probably not on any other phone OS.

I have never heard of a business insisting on sending texts from their mobile account. There are many reasons why companies pay for texting services. I get the feeling your friend is a small time business owner, so why does he need you to write him a fancy program? What does he do? Masseuse? DJ?

 

[think2]

Hey, good guess. Yep he's a self employed massage therapist. He's not asking me to write him fancy software but I'm willing to do some, if I need to, as a learning experience.

 

[sygyzy]

LOL!

 

[mosco]

http://developer.apple.com/library/...ViewController_class/Reference/Reference.html

This is the best you can do on iOS. The user would have to press send for every SMS they want to send.

If you want to make something that will run on Android or iOS, you will need to use something like Brightcove's AppCloud or PhoneGap.

 

[Leros]

Is it a requirement that the text originate on his phone? If not, you can use Twilio to send texts via http requests.