Any suitable GSM module for beagle board?

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I want to use beagle board as a mobile phone.Can anyone help in
finding a suitable gsm module for the same purpose?

Thank you.

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Pratham,
  There is a company neon7 (either this is the name of the company or
the gsm modules that they manufacture). They have gsm modules that
interface via uart, but i guess you have to add your own antenna, not
too sure. Anyway run a google on them to verify.

Have fun,
SV

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check for example:

Enfora (I use for another uC based GPRS application)
Wismo
Simcom
Huawei

Many of them has usb port, if the installed profile support, Linux can see as USB device.

Arnold

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Pratham . wrote:

I want to use beagle board as a mobile phone.Can anyone help in
finding a suitable gsm module for the same purpose?

  Almost any GSM module should be fine - most of them talk
high-speed UART (possibly also USB, though I'd be surprised
if it wasn't either serial or ACM). As others have said, you'll
want to worry about where the aerial plugs in.

  You can get GSM modules which will lend you bits of their
own processors - typically an ARM7/ARM9. Depending on what
you're doing that might obviate the need for an external CPU.

  Dunno where you are in the world, but in the UK distributors
are quite nice and you can just phone up and buy one -
<http://www.tdc.co.uk/> are apparently good.

Richard.

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Also you may want to look at http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?c=66
And the company I talked about earlier is www.neonseven.com and the module we used was EDGE 711.
Though you'll have to make a breakout board for this and also figure out a way to hook up the audio. Good luck.

But, as others suggest, you can give a shot for USB-based modules which _may_ include both the UART as well as Audio connectivity making your life easy.

-SV