[Gllug] sony ericsson mobiles & linux

[Stuart Children]

Hi all

It's been quite some time since my last mobile upgrade (all these whizzy 
new features haven't grabbed my interest sufficiently), but I'm now 
required to make a choice because the battery of my old one is on its 
last legs, and more importantly I'm intending to change contract (so may 
as well take advantage of a free phone).

Anyway, the current Sony Ericssons have taken my fancy, and I'm leaning 
towards the K750i: 
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=php1_10242&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10242

Whilst I'm happy to hear any comments about the phone in general, I was 
particularly interested in how much of it I'll be able to play with from 
Linux (for which the supplied software isn't available).

The basics definitely work - the memory card appears as a mass storage 
device, so copying files to/from that shouldn't be a problem. It can 
also be used as a remote control via Bluetooth (see 
http://localhost.ruhr.de/~stefan/k750i/remote.shtml or 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/remotej/).

It supports IrMC and OBEX SyncML, so in theory something like MulitSync 
should be able to talk to it. However, I can't find anything definitely 
supporting the above model. I'm primarily interested in getting 
contact/phonebook and calendar data into desktop applications and back 
again.

Something I can't find much information on is being able to control 
actual phone services from my PC. So for example sending text messages, 
or using my computer-connected speakers/mic on a call.

I'd love to hear how other people have got on trying to do these things. 
Also of any other hacks that are possible (both in terms of software on 
the phone - eg: playing around with the interface), or on the PC (one 
idea: controlling the FM radio). Can anyone recommend a useful resource 
on learning more about this kind of thing (I guess Bluetooth protocols, 
and APIs for the SE phones - tried searching around on their site but 
couldn't get anything that detailed)?

TIA

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