[svlug] Fedora or Ubuntu for novis

[James Sparenberg]

On Friday 12 September 2008 12:24:10 Luke S Crawford wrote:
> Alan DuBoff <aland at softorchestra.com> writes:
> > an example, I use a Motorola razer today, a friend sends me a 
> > picture, my ISP charges me extra to receive that picture *AND* 
> > they charge me extra if I want to get it out of my phone. Mac 
> > will let me connect with bluetooth, and I hear that Windows does 
> > also (I rarely use Windows)
> 
> I know that the nokia n800 can also tether to the razor via 
bluetooth..
> Sarah uses that setup constantly.  But then she uses the phone as a 
passive
> modem, and has the 5GB capped 'unlimited' data plan.  It probably 
wouldn't 
> help with the MMS charges, but it does get you a decent modem. 
> 
> You might want to look into that.  the n800 is Linux based, so if it 
can
> use the razor, it is possible your linux box can too.  
> 
> I'm interested to see what will happen with nokia open-sourcing 
symbian.  
> my previous phone was a (locked to att)  nokia 9300.  Nice phone, but 
I 
> never was able to make it work as a modem for my computer, though I 
was able
> to run ssh directly on it.  If symbian is open-source, I imagine that 
if I
> pay the money for an unlocked phone,  that sort of thing will become 
much 
> easier.   

I've got an n800 and 2 laptops (one work, one mine) that I bluetooth 
tether to my phone (used to be a Noki 6130 now a Nokia 3555b) via 
T-Mobile.  Pretty easy to setup pptp and a little google for the dial 
instructions and I'm up.   Dialing number etc vary with Cell service, 
but it does work.

James