Sending an SMS from mobile browser

Question

Is it possible for a mobile browser to send an SMS using the device's built-in capabilities? By that I mean, NOT using some online SMS services provider but actually making the mobile device send the SMS (same you would do using J2ME).

Answer 1

There are lots of different mobile browsers out there, so I doubt that this is standardised. Safari/iPhone supports SMS URIs, which strikes me as a sensible approach to the problem and one that might be more widely supported than just the iPhone.

Based on the link (above) I found, and a comment from Zamel, I suspect this would work:

<a href="sms:+447787000000">SMS</a>

Although with a real phone number, and possibly escaping the + sign as %2B.

Answer 2

Some versions of the Opera Mini browser provide a javascript interface for authoring SMS messages to be sent from the user's phone.

Also, some versions of Nokia's Symbian browser include a javascript interface with similar functionality.

There might be others, but these are the only two I've found documentation for so far.