Agreed completely, they're a mess. Adafruit is working on a library for the SIM800, which they put on a board they call the "FONA": https://github.com/adafruit

Agreed completely, they're a mess. Adafruit is working on a library for the SIM800, which they put on a board they call the "FONA": https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_FONA_Library https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_FONA_Library https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fona-mini-gsm-gprs-cellular-phone-module/overview https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fona-mini-gsm-gprs-cellu... Right now I think it just supports SMS and phone calls, but I'm hoping it eventually handles all the AT command nastiness for TCP/UDP connections and such.