Thanks for your replies gentlemen. I also completely overlooked (until I checked just now) the fact that there's no iPhone app dev tools for Windows, unless you get into jail broken devices and other weirdness. My client's idea was for a purely software solution on the iPhone end. I'll throw this info back to him and see where it takes us. With the SMS modem option., I checked and it seems that it would cost $15 AU per month + $0.15 per SMS via Three for the SIM card. Telstra (the national carrier) couldn't even manage to actually answer my calls after two attempts so I gave up on them! The modems are a few hundred dollars (1-off) and only draw about 10mA when idle, which is not too bad I guess. David... -- ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L Unit 8, 10 Hook St, Capalaba 4157 Australia Ph: +61 7 38235717 Fax: +61 7 38234717 Our Web Site: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist