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Samuel Toogood wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I haven't got as far as getting a Skypephone yet. I have an old LG >> u8120 phone and 3 PAYG SIM card. One of my dad's friends was looking >> for something smaller than a laptop which she could use the internet and >> Skype on. I figured an Asus EeePC would probably be a good option. >> >> Have you actually got a Skypephone? >> >> I found this yesterday which might be of help: >> >> http://davestevens.co.uk/blog/2008/01/03/3-skype-phone-as-bluetooth-modem-on-ubuntu-linux/ >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> > No I haven't got a Skypephone. I have a nokia 6120 classic on 3, and was > assuming the settings would be more-or-less the same. I have actually > made it work, after working on it for about half an hour sitting in the > cafe at Exeter Phoenix today while my daughter was asleep. One of my > friends does have a Skypephone, and I dare say would let me test it, but > he's in London. We are planning to meet in about a month, if that's > any help. If you want copies of config files (the eeepc is running > xubuntu) let me know. > > Cheers, > > Sam > Anything would be helpful. I'm hoping that I can get the old LG phone working with a USB cable to my laptop which will save me £50 on a new phone. I guess it's one of those chicken and egg situations, I want to give it a try but I don't want to fork out lots of money on the off chance it won't work :-) Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html