[ale] Cells phones and Java and *Nix

[Frank S. Glass]

Quoting Bjorn Dittmer-Roche <bjorn at sccs.swarthmore.edu>:

> 
> 
> 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
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I vaguely recall that the spec. was for 10 meters.  I got more like 10 feet.
I probably should have experimented with antenna placement but my entire point
was to make everything un-obtrusive, so Bluetooth is out for me for both
home and office.

Frank
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