Yes, Pete... not too sure about the finer details either. My interest was purely in the concept rather than the product I suppose. I know it's something that Leonie and Ultralab were very passionate about once upon a time... and an idea that I would be keen participate in making happen. I think the concept of the public being able to contribute has a lot of legs...

I suppose the device has some way of managing the inbound txt messages, though I found it odd how the image was just a replication of what was displayed on the mobile phone's screen... so like you, I wonder how complex the device actually is.

As you quite rightly suggest, the UltraSMS application coupled with a txt to webpage tool is what's really required. We need that software to be quite extensible so that we can manipulate the data received in several ways and perhaps categorise or sort it in a few ways. Nothing overtly difficult to operate, but something which offers a range of modes for different applications / audiences perhaps.

... needs to be available today though, as tomorrow might be too late. :-)