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Have you ever tried sending files from your S60 phone to a PC via Bluetooth? Some of my friends are complaining that they cannot send any files to their PCs. They always get “Sending failed” message. Actually I hit the same problem for quite some time before I figured out how to do that.

I will try to explain how to send files using Windows XP SP2 Bluetooth stack. Note that different Bluetooth stacks may require different steps.

• Open the settings of your Bluetooth driver. You can do it by double clicking Bluetooth icon in the system tray of Windows XP SP2 and then select Options. Make sure that you turn the discovery on. Otherwise your S60 phone will not be able to find your PC. If you cannot find Bluetooth icon, then go to Control Panel | Bluetooth configuration.

• This step is really important. Many people don’t do that. That’s why they always get “Sending failed” message. Click Bluetooth in the system tray and select Receive a File menu.

• You will see a dialog saying it is waiting for connection from another device.

• Now you should be able to send files by selecting Options | Send | Via Bluetooth menu in any applications that support it, such as Gallery, File Manager, Contacts, etc.

Some of Nokia’s S60 phones are branded XPressMusic, for example 3250, N71, N80 and N91. Do you know that we can synchronize XPressMusic phones with Windows Media Player (WMP)? It supports WMP 10 and 11. Note that some devices do not support DRM-protected music files yet. Some newer devices, such as Nokia N95 and N81, do support it already.

Here is how we can do it:

• Insert your phone to the PC via USB cable. Select Media Player when the phone asks connection mode. If your phone does not ask for connection mode, go to Connectivity | Data cable. You should be able to select Media Player there. Note that non-XPressMusic phones do not have this option.

• If you insert your phone for the first time, Windows will install necessary driver. If your Windows is not able to find the driver, try to insert the CD-ROM that comes with your phone package. Locate a folder that contains an .inf file (the file naming may vary for each phone, for example “N71 Windows Media Player 11 driver.inf”). After you install the driver, your phone will be recognized as WM portable device.

• Now you can launch WM Player and start synchronizing MP3 files to your phone. You can also set WMP to synchronize automatically each time you insert the device.

Some of you probably already know this tip. Do you know that you can select menu in the main menu of S60 user interface using 0 .. 9 keys, instead of arrow keys. See the screenshot below for an example. Here you can launch Messaging application by pressing 1 key, launching Calendar application by pressing 2 key, open Tools folder by pressing # key, etc.

Bonus Links

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