On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:29:49PM -0700, horst wrote: > ...as in [Somewhat On/Off Topic] > > I got a cell phone with bluetooth capability. It's a Motorola V551. > I have no hands-on experience with bluetooth but can see how this > technology could benefit me in at at least 2 areas:
Bluetooth is cool. =) It is a limited-purpose technology, though, which has been billed as more than it can deliver. Both of your applications are well within its capability, though, so you'll be fine. > 1) Wireless ear/headset while riding the bike (or driving a car). > Does it require a proprietary Motorola headset to catch an incoming > call over the headset? (standard headphones /w cord won't do it) > ((Reason: I miss many of my incoming calls because of surrounding noise > level at rush hour commute, with the phone in the backpack)) > Anyone any comment ? It doesn't, but it may take some looking to find a headset that can answer your phone remotely. This feature is probably available, and it may even be standard, but I haven't looked at the headsets, so I'm not sure. > 2) Link to a PC: to backup phonebook, calendar, photos, etc. and hopefully > editing the data, and stream it back to the cell (editing anything using > that tiny key pad on the cell is a pain in the Hintern. > > Now about hardware/software for doing the PC link --I assume that will be > done via USB ? (I have a fairly old PC tower) > > What do I need to be aware of to not get locked in into some M$ trap? Probably whatever you could use with your phone over serial will work over Bluetooth. In fact, it's a good bet (I'm not sure once again since I use a mac) that your phone will be able to appear as a serial port to Linux. A modern phone will speak SyncML or SyncML with a different trademark attached. > Those questions may all sound trivial for people who use bluetooth on a > regular basis, but I still have a hard time to imagine any structured > back-and-forth communication between that 'little thing' (the cell) and my > desktop. > > Finally, if any local dealers ((Mr.O ?)) have a working solution I'd be > happy to spend more money upfront to save it at the end :-) Most of the USB dongles I have seen work in Linux, if that knowledge is useful to you. =) _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
