Thanks to those who provided advice.

I've downloaded BitPim and, even though my particular phone is not
listed as supported, I'll give it a try with the USB cable.

Failing that, I'll buy a bluetooth adapter for the computer, then I'll
follow Larry's procedure and see if Verizon got there first.

The results will appear here. News at eleven.


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On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:20:42 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>Nelson <noreply@vapor.edu> wrote in news:6ammq45beacdesauu497f6k8hunj68jva0
>@4ax.com:
>
>> Can bluetooth be used, with or without other
>> siftware, to transfer files
>
>The procedure to use Bluetooth is quite simple...IF ALLOWED. You don't
>need any kind of expensive special software, whatsoever. The file manager
>on both the phone and the computer, in my case the Linux tablet, simply
>adds more directories and drives to its tree.
>
>Pair the phone to the Bluetooth in the computer. Set the phone to VISIBLE
>so the computer can find it. Pair from the computer. The phone says the
>computer is trying to pair with it and asks for your permission. Give it
>permission and check "Trusted" if offered to you. Set the pairing to
>AUTOMATIC to stop it from asking you every time the connection is made.
>
>Open the computer's file manager with BT paired and the phone should show
>up on the file manager's drive/directory list just as if it had another USB
>drive plugged into it. The file manager can now control the phone's files
>just like it could any external drive plugged into it. Copy and move files
>just like you would an external hard drive.
>
>My Nokia N800 Linux Tablet is paired to my Alltel/Motorola Z6m phone. The
>Linux tablet's file manager has full access and control just like the above
>and we move files on and off the phone's internal memory or microSD card
>directly from file manager using Bluetooth's FTP protocol.
>
>When connected, the phone and computer share DUN (phone modem), OPP, FTP,
>and OBEX protocols. The phone simultaneously provides EVDO internet data
>service to the tablet, even while moving files on and off various drives
>and memory cards in the phone and tablet. Works great...IF VERIZON HASN'T
>DISABLED IT to sell you your own pictures in some damned file moving
>through sellphone scheme.....
>
>Good luck.
>
>(We also pair between tablets and swap files while eating lunch in a
>diner.)