On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:21:23 -0600, skunge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amy wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I want to connect my Nokia 6800 phone to my computer to put my own > > images on it (the ones that came with it suck, and the ones I can > > download are over priced for what they are), and I was wondering if > > anyone's been able to connect a mobile phone to a computer running > > Mandrake in order to upload pictures and sounds to it? More > > specifically, has anyone gotten the Nokia 6800 connected correctly? > > > > I'm tight on money at the moment, and so I'd like to avoid spending > > money on a data cable that's going to do me no good. I haven't had > > much, if any luck, with what I saw on Google, and I didn't see > > anything about connecting mobile phones in the list's Wiki. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > > > Amy > I can't speak to Nokia from experience, but I've gotten Samsung and > Sanyo phones connected to Mandrake with bitpim > (http://bitpim.sourceforge.net/). The bitpim site only indicates one > Nokia phone model known to work, but states others may work, though they > are untested. You'll need a USB cable made for your phone, and it looks > like you can get one here: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5755884150&category=20366 > > I bought my cable on eBay, and it worked like a charm. The eBay > knock-offs are about $50 less than the cable the phone vendors sell. > > Good luck! I can probably get the data cable I need through work, and only pay a couple to a few dollars more than the cost of the cable you linked + shipping. Maybe even about the same taking my employee discount into consideration. Though, if I hadn't caught the subtext of the coupon Nokia gave me when I registered my phone, I might have bought it from them. They charge $49.95, and I have a coupon for $10 off, but it requires me to spend $50 or more, and that usually doesn't round up five cents. *shrugs* I'll look into the one at work though, thanks.
If anyone else is reading this, and has any experience with Nokias directly, I'd appriciate it if you'd comment and let me know. Thanks! Amy -- I have 50 invites to gmail, do you have a gmail account yet? Do you want one? Talk to me! ~~ >^..^< ~~ http://deathkitten.net "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." ~Rudyard Kipling "Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In light of the failure--a second time--to count all the votes, that won't be necessary. My country has left me." ~Greg Palast
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