[ale] Cells phones and Java and *Nix

[Bjorn Dittmer-Roche]

On Wed, 12 May 2004, Frank S. Glass wrote:

> Quoting Bjorn Dittmer-Roche <bjorn at sccs.swarthmore.edu>:
>
> >
>
> > I want some sort of connection between my computer and the phone. I COULD
> > get internet conectivity from the phone and use that to connect to my
> > computer, but I'd rather be able to have them talk to each other directly
> > with some sort of TCP/IP. Basically, I'd like to write some software that
> > turns my phone into a remote control for some software I've written on my
> > desktop.
> >
> > I am right that bluetooth can do this sort of thing, right?
> >
>
> Yes.  I have an Ericsson T39m that has Bluetooth.  I was able to use a
> Linux program to add a menu via Bluetooth to the phone and control a music
> stream via xmms.  After a _lot_ of effort to get it to work I found that the
> Bluetooth range is so small that I couldn't walk out in the hall and use
> the phone as a remote!  I'm now waiting for a cell phone with 802.11.

Woa, that's a major bummer. How far a range do you typically get? I'm
gonna read up on Bluetooth and J2ME anyway in hopes that something will
work.

	bjorn