[wellylug] Bluetooth USB Dongle

[Caleb Gilmour]

On Saturday 20 November 2004 00:45, Rob Giltrap wrote:
> I have a Nokia 3650 phone with Bluetooth. I have a laptop with USB.
>
> My logic suggests that the easiest way for me to access the internet via
> my cellphone is by using a bluetooth USB dongle like the one from DSE...
>
> http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/419ddc680d11c3f8273fc0a87f99077
>d/Product/View/XH6834
>
> It comes with 'Bluetooth for Windows', but should I expect to be able to
> get this setup working under Linux?
>
> Any advice before I fork out $59???
>

I bought one of those, and use it with KDE on FC2.
My phone is a SonyEricsson K700i, and I use the bluetooth stuff for copying 
photos and videos taken with the phone's camera off the phone and onto the 
PC, and copying Java games to the phone.

I had to use the CVS version of kdebluetooth (it lives in the kdeextragear-3 
module) and install and configure some bluez packages. All of it was pretty 
painless at the time.

I haven't attempted to use the internet via the bluetooth adapter yet, so I 
have no idea how well it will pan out if you plan on using the software I 
use.

Caleb

> Rob.

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