Free Software That Helps You Take Control of Your Mobile Phone | Linux Today

Free Software That Helps You Take Control of Your Mobile Phone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 2007

[ Thanks to Danijel Orsolic for this
link. ]

“In an exciting networked world we are living in, just about
everything can be connected to anything. By all means that includes
your mobile phone, at least if it is not more than a couple of
years old. You can connect your mobile phone to your computer via
bluetooth, or more commonly via USB, in which case it will also
re-charge itself. Depending on your phone once it detects it has
been connected to an USB port, it will offer to enter one of the
two modes; a file transfer mode and a phone mode.

“A file transfer mode will mount your phone to your desktop as
if it was a disk (like an USB stick) and then you can move files
back and forth between your hard disk and your phone (like putting
a cool music file to use as your ring tone)…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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