SKYVE : Online SMS and Contacts Operator-Independent Archiver

Abstract: The mobile phone is a relatively new means of communication. Nevertheless due to its usability it has evolved to become one of the most used ways of communication over the last ten years. A mobile phone is a medium that has the main scope of allowing its user to call and send short text messages (SMS) to other people from practically anywhere. Due to the inconvenience of having to carry a separate medium to store contacts information, mobile phones have always had the functionality to store contacts details. Being a portable device it is very easily lost or stolen, and when this happens people are generally frustrated due to having lost their contacts and SMS messages more than about the mobile phone itself. One of the easiest ways of overcoming this frustration is by archiving the information on the mobile onto another medium. Currently the only way to archive information from your mobile phone is by using proprietary software and connecting the mobile phone to your PC. This type of archiving is mostly useful when one loses his mobile phone but has the disadvantage that it can only be accessed through the same PC. This project will deal with a solution to overcame the mentioned problem. The solution is intended to became a platform for other solution that can be added in the future for archiving SMS and contact details.