John Matthews wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> About a month ago I got a Nokia e63 phone on a Three contract. As part >> of the contract I get 1GB of internet allowance which works great on the >> phone. >> >> However what I'm trying to do is connect to the Internet via the phone >> using a Bluetooth connection (I've yet to get a USB cable). >> >> I've managed to get the phone talking to my notebook (well as far as I >> can browse the phone contents and memory card using bluetooth-browse). >> >> The next step though is to work out how to get the phone to dial (or >> whatever it needs to do). I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 and I see that there >> isn't an option for dialup anymore. I wondered if it might be as easy >> as just telling Ubuntu that I have a mobile broadband connection on >> Three but that doesn't seem to work. >> >> I have found a couple of guides that talk about Bluez-utils and using >> wvdial or ppp to connect [1] & [2] and also this about connecting to >> Three using a Huewai E220 modem [3] but none of these seem to work. >> >> I just wondered if anyone may have got a Nokia mobile working via >> Bluetooth to connect to the Internet? >> >> Ta, >> >> Rob >> >> [1] >> http://ubuntuliving.blogspot.com/2007/02/internet-connection-via-nokia-bluetooth.html >> [2] >> http://davesource.com/Solutions/20070520.T-Mobile-Nokia-E65-Ubuntu-Linux.html >> [3] http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/824630.html >> >> >> >> >> > Hi, I have a nokia E71, and I can get connection either by Blue tooth or > via a little program called Joiku Spot. You can either get the free > version or paid version, I have the paid version. The Blue tooth program > is called BluemanBlutooth, and can be found in here > https://launchpad.net/blueman > > I have to say, the Blueman program is amazing to use, it makes copying > anything from phone to computer really easy, and connection to the > Internet is simple. > > Hope that helps. > > John > > Thanks John, I'll take a look.
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