How-to: Send text messages and files using Bluetooth
With the addition of Bluetooth technology in many mobile phone handsets, we are now able to create small networks in which we can pass around notes and files from one phone or computer to another.
While there are not really many practical reasons for doing this, it is free, easy, and fun to play with.
I think about a school classroom, where teenagers are texting each other messages in class, each time clocking up 15c on their phone bill. As they are in close range to each other, there is no need for this to cost money. If both their phones are fitted with Bluetooth, they are able to use this technology to send the notes for free.
This article will show you how to send messages and files from one phone to another over a short range for free, using Bluetooth technology. We can also send files such as ring tones, images and other audio files to one another using the same method. No additional software is required to make this work.
This article will show:
- A message/file sent from a Nokia N70 to a Windows Vista PC running Outlook 2007.
- A message/file sent from a Nokia N70 to a HP Ipaq rw6828
- A message/file sent from a HP Ipaq rw6828 to a Nokia N70
This should be possible on just about any Bluetooth enabled phone. The menus will be different, but the idea will be the same.
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