<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Zvi Grauer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zvi.grauer@gmail.com" target="_blank">zvi.grauer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Is there a way to use a simulator on a computer in order to sms or chat using viber? Can I clone my cell phone's environment for that purpose?<div>
<br></div><div>The goal is to be able to keep in touch even if I do not have the cell phone or the service, using a linux laptop.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There was an Android build that will run on an x86 processor somewhere... the development kit comes with a simulator. Whether you can actually simulate your specific phone's environment... I'm doubtful. In order to contact the cellular network your phone must identify itself to the nearest tower, and it does that vie the information burned in to the SIM card by the service provider. I don't think that you will be able to get very far without one.<br>
</div><div>However, Gmail allows you to send SMS messages to phones using a couple of providers, I forget which. I think maybe Cellcom and Pelephone.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><br></div><div>THX,</div><div><br></div><div>Z.</div></div>
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