Andre Noel

On my last post I wrote about how to use your cell phone as a remote control on Ubuntu. On it, I wrote about how to use a modest cell phone (with bluetooth at least) to control OpenOffice.org presentations, games, etc.

Now I’m talking about a more advanced cell phone, the Nokia 6110. I started with file transfer. See how it is a simple thing to do on Ubuntu…

Using data cable

With any USB -> mini-USB data cable (it is included on cell phone pack), you just plug one side on the phone and the other side on the computer. The cell phone will ask you about connection type. Choose “Data trasfer”.

And voi lá, Ubuntu mounts it as a drive, like it does with a pen drive.

Using bluetooth

Right-click on the bluetooth applet (near the clock) on Ubuntu, then choose “Explore drive…”. Select the cell phone and answer it on the phone options (it will ask you a password that you define for the connection). And voi lá again, Ubuntu mounts it as a drive, like it does with a pen drive.

I prefer use the bluetooth way, because it’s simpler and it gives you the option to access the phone memory or the memory card as different drives.

On my next post I’ll talk about how to use Amora on this phone.