From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 00:03:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A2F516A41F for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:03:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from madpilot.net (dadovago8197.dada.it [195.110.114.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 59A2743D1F for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:03:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: (qmail 78858 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2005 02:02:59 +0200 Received: from wedge.madpilot.net (192.168.13.11) by 0 with SMTP; 21 Jun 2005 02:02:59 +0200 Received: from wedge.madpilot.net (localhost.madpilot.net [127.0.0.1]) by wedge.madpilot.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5L02wdq094825; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:02:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mad@wedge.madpilot.net) Received: (from mad@localhost) by wedge.madpilot.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j5L02vcT094824; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:02:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mad) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:02:57 +0200 From: Guido Falsi To: Maksim Yevmenkin Message-ID: <20050621000257.GB94190@wedge.madpilot.net> References: <20050620221103.GA8136@alzatex.com> <42B7455F.9030407@savvis.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42B7455F.9030407@savvis.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT X-PGP-Key: http://www.madpilot.net/~mad/PGP-public-key.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good BT Cellphone support X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:03:02 -0000 On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 03:38:23PM -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > > >I'm looking at getting a bluetooth cellphone soon and I am curious at > >which phones might be the best or have the best freebsd bt support. I'd > >like to be able to sync the addressbook at a minimum, but more > >preferably to also be able to use it to go online or send files too. > pretty much any bluetooth enabled phone should be able to do what you > want. i personally prefer ericsson (now sony ericsson) phones. i've > upgraded from t68m to t630 and k700i. i've also tried nokia phones (6820 > and 6600), but i did not like them that much :) I can confirm I've had good experience with sony ericcson phones and FreeBSD bluetooth. Not much experience with other hones, but from what I've seen so far all the major makers seem to have got the bluetooth protocol right in their products. > >I guess there are several protocols involved. Sync support either comes > >in it's own sync protocol or is achieved by rfcomm and the standard > there are couple ways. > 1) you could use serial port profile and standard AT commands set > (gammu, gnokii). this should work with many phones. this way is > typically used with nokia phones. > > 2) use OBEX/IRMC protocol. obexapp(1) from FreeBSD ports collection will > allow you to pull entire phone books/calendar/etc. from the phone. He will have to play with shell/perl/python/ruby/your preferred language here to get it really right. In fact I'd like to see something to synchronize from palm/phone/other things to an ldap address book. But I've seen nothing ready so far...and ldif format is a pain and quit messy. -- Guido Falsi