[wellylug] Phones and Linux

[Rimu Atkinson]

> If you ever want to use your phone as a modem to connect to the 
> internet, you probably want to google the model number and find out how 
> much of a pain it is to make it talk to linux.  The newer Nokias can 
> plug in via usb and NetworkManager on ubuntu says "wow that's a 3g, 
> you're in NZ, would you like full or firewalled internet, ok you are 
>
>
>   
Wow, cool! Ubuntu 8.04 didn't do this (I was using wvdial to do it 
manually), but I just did it with 9.04 on my Nokia N70 (a 2nd gen S60. 
Getting a bit long in the tooth, but still a good phone). It could not 
have been more seamless :-D