Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Sony Ericsson K750i


I've recently bought myself a new mobile phone, and I'm pleasently surprised by how well it works with Linux. Below is the output from dmesg after pluging the phone into a usb port:

May 3 16:21:07 poseidon kernel: usb 7-1.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
May 3 16:21:07 poseidon kernel: usb 7-1.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 3 16:21:07 poseidon kernel: cdc_acm 7-1.3:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
May 3 16:21:07 poseidon kernel: cdc_acm 7-1.3:1.3: ttyACM1: USB ACM device
May 3 16:21:07 poseidon kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: Vendor: Sony Eri Model: Memory Stick Rev: 0000
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: SCSI device sdb: 126912 512-byte hdwr sectors (65 MB)
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: SCSI device sdb: 126912 512-byte hdwr sectors (65 MB)
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: sdb: sdb1
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
May 3 16:21:12 poseidon kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
May 3 16:21:15 poseidon kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts

The on-board memory stick (which I must upgrade as it's only 64mb!) is automatically mounted by gnome with a removable file-system icon on the desktop. Gthumb even starts and asks if I wish to import photo's! I can even use the phone as a modem (dev/ttyACM0) when connect via the supplied usb cable. Presumably I'll be able to use the K750i as a modem over bluetooth as I was with my previous T610, but I've not tried yet...

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