> > FROM WINDOWS XP... grrr > > I send sms messages - this is by far the most useful feature.
You can do this with Linux. Try gnokii. I have done it with a wired connection and an IR connection. I should imagine that BT is just like IR, and once the BT link is established it is effectively the same as a wired link. You don't even need any driver software, you can just write commands directly to the phone via the serial link (wired, BT or IR). I wrote a cheesy Python script that listened for incoming SMS, parsed the message, got some data from the web, and then sent a new SMS message in response. Establishing the link is the hardest part, not because it's hard (your working XP installation demonstrates how easy this is) but because it requires a lot of new, fiddly, not-quite-there-yet stuff to be working properly on your Linux installation. I was going to post a link to some discussion/help pages, but Google for "linux bluetooth sms" and you'll get them. HTH, A
