[gnome-bluetooth] Some ideas...

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Dienstag, den 07.04.2009, 20:25 +0530 schrieb Ratnadeep Debnath:
> For quite some time, I am having this question. The gnome-bluetooth
> applet identifies the phone as a phone, but not as a modem. Though
> there is the rfcomm command to connect the bluetooth phone as a modem,
> why does the bluetooth applet is missing this feature? 

Because it would belong to NetworkManager, not to bluetooth-applet.

> If this feature
> is really missing from the applet, I would like to add this feature to
> it.

Agreed, the support for modems over bluetooth could be better.

Meanwhile here is a script to help you:
http://www.harald-hoyer.de/personal/blog/internet-with-your-mobile-phone-over-bluetooth

Regards,
Christoph