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Exchange Files Between A Mobile Phone And A Computer by Mike Morgan
The Bluetooth File Transfer service allows any two Bluetooth-enabled devices to exchange files. To send a file (image file in the Gallery application) from your mobile phone, navigate to the file and choose Send Via Bluetooth from the Options menu. Then, choose a device from a list of local devices to send the file to. The devices are identified by their Bluetooth names.
When a cell phone receives an incoming file, the file is delivered to the Inbox. When the user opens the message, the phone automatically identifies the file type and processes it accordingly. For example, a received image is saved to the Gallery, a business card is stored to the Contacts list, and an application installation package is executed. To send a file from a computer, you need to use an operating system specific Bluetooth file exchange utility, described in the following sections.
If you run the KDE or GNOME desktop systems on Linux, you can use their Bluetooth graphical user interface tools to send and receive files to and from mobile phones:- You can download the KDE Bluetooth Framework from the project's web page at http://kde-bluetooth.sourceforge.net/- You can download the GNOME Bluetooth Subsystem from the project's web page at http://usefulinc.com/software/gnome-bluetooth popular choice is to transfer files via the Infrared Data port. This method is particularly effective for transferring files between two IR-enabled mobile phones. Since IR communication requires a clear line of sight, first you have to make sure the two devices' IR ports are facing each other and that there is nothing in between them. On the sending device, you can just choose the Send Via infrared menu for the target file; on the receiving device, the IR port must be turned on and the incoming file will be saved into the message Inbox, just as with Bluetooth file transfer.
Using IR to transfer files between a phone and a computer is more complex, since most computers do not come with an IR port. You can buy an add-on IR adapter and plug it into the computer (usually via a USB port). The device driver that comes with the IR port should include a file transfer utility.
Many newer cell phone models have expansion slots for MultiMedia-Card (MMC) cards, which provide additional memory space for images, multimedia files, third-party applications. When you hook an phone to a PC via a USB cable, the MMC card appears as a removable disk in the Windows OS. For other devices, you can buy a generic MMC reader/writer and connect it to your computer via USB. In both cases, you can manipulate the files and directories via Windows Explorer, Mac OS X Finder, a Linux file manager, or the good old command line.
Email attachments are very popular for sending files across the Internet. You can use email attachments to transfer files to and from mobile clients as well. The phone native email client allows you to attach media files from the device's Gallery to outgoing email, or save media file attachments in incoming messages to the Gallery. Using more advanced email client applications, you might be able to send and save any attachment file outside of the Gallery.
You can compose MMS messages on your cell phone and attach media files from the Gallery to them. You can also save file attachments in incoming MMS messages to the Gallery. MMS messages can transfer files from device to device, or from device to email address. You need special software to send MMS messages from a computer to a phone. MMS messages are typically limited to a maximum of 100 KB.
The last approach is to use a personal web site to share content between a PC and your phone. For instance, you can upload a file from a PC to the site and then use your phone browser to download it to the phone. The added benefit to this approach is that it allows other people to share files with you.
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