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Orders via SMS/TEXT

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CafeCuppio:
Okay ... I know this is not an everyday thing but I thing it would be awesome to to be able to setup SambaPOS to receive orders via SMS/TEXT. I know that this might be going into something very different then just a POS when you talk about receiving SMS/TEXT messages, but who know, maybe someone might have a easy solution to integrate it into SambaPOS.

Just something to think about ;)

JohnS:
Having an API will definately make this easier.
I'm not sure about receiving orders due to the inconsistent manner in which people tend to send text messages. A web ordering system may be more practical these days since a lot of people use smart phones.

But to be able to text people that their order is ready would be a nice addition and may actually be achieveable right now via printing/emailing to an SMS gateway application.

CafeCuppio:
Hmmm, you are right, the inconsistent format in which people will order will be a problem. But is such a text comes in it might be good that a ticket is created with the text order added as a "note", then someone can just list the items correctly from that note and place the order.

Web orders will also be a great way.

emre:
Did you notice? these days I'm writing "we'll do it on V3" under every requests :) In fact most of these requests come up even before I decided translating SambaPOS to English. While talking about our future plans I've noticed if I try to implement all these features on V2 we'll never have a stable release. So I decided implementing essential cases for V2 and do the rest for V3. For some people this might not seem so right because creating expectations for a future release is not a wise move but I thought having something working is much more important than great features.

Now I have time to create a great integration API for SambaPOS that we'll use for creating services like web ordering, android ordering, e-menu ordering, sms ordering, twitter ordering, msn odering and soo on :) Of course API is not the only thing we need. We need accounting and resource management infrastructures for requests about wage tracking, time tracking, reservations, custom payments, etc... Not detailed as used on big businesses but we need basic features and we need to operate everything together. Still the API will be the most important V3 feature because other developers will be able to develop things through that API without the need of understanding the deep infrastructure.

I'll complete whatever I promised for. The only thing I need is talking about new ideas. (and more facebook photos :) ) Please.. Keep posting anything you can imagine for future SambaPOS. Even talking about SMS may trigger other great features nobody thought before...

CafeCuppio:
Coolest ... I am just putting ideas out there, I do understand that not everything can be implemented every time all the time, but like you say, it might even open up other possibilities and having an API can open doors for others to integrate all other goodies. Currently it is very important to have a stable release especially in my business environment and for that I am extremely thankful.

So Emre and the "we" team .... rock on!! ;)

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