Hardware Ideas
From Entuura
Karl Larson pointed out this: 3G Phoebus
They support a Sierra Wireless card, which might do GSM.
There is also the Kyocera KR-1 that does EVDO (but maybe not simple boring GSM).
A fully turnkey custom embeded approach
Hardware candidates from PCEngines.ch[1] and mini-box.com[2] with ALIX System Boards (433 or 500 MHz AMD Geode LX CPU) It would be good to procure and test an x86 build of the current distro using the category of hardware.
However, one issues is how to secure/protect GSM module/phone? Some options:
- Put the phone inside an outdoor enclosure with external antenna
- Buy a GSM modem module with external antenna capabilities
- Somehow route the USB line to the outside. This is probably a bad idea
