On Monday 04 May 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > There seems to be a long list of mobile phone managers out there: > > > > kmobiletools > > gnokii > > wammu/gammu > > > > There's probably more (gnome-phone-manager?) but I do not have Gnome on > > this machine. I have a Nokia phone and I am not sure of the pros + cons > > of each application for managing it. > > > > Have you used any of these and what would you recommend? > > I use Nokia PC Suite for Windows in a virtual machine. :) > > But, really, I don't use any of them. The only real use I've seen from > them is easier entry of contacts, and I only have about 10 contacts so > it is not a problem for me to type them on the phone. > > For backups, I use the phone's internal backup function to make a > backup onto the memory card.
Thanks Paul, I use an old Nokia 6021 which does not have a memory card. I have more than 10 contacts but I do not need to edit these often. However, I find typing text messages on the phone tiresome, compared with typing on the laptop. So SMS functionality which these managers offer is a benefit for me. -- Regards, Mick
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