I bought a Nokia Series 60 telephone, the 6630, through a net auction almost a week ago, but today is the first day I’ve got time to play with it

First test: Can I send files to it from my laptop using bluetooth?

Setup: A linux laptop with a 15 Euros USB bluetooth dongle that ‘Just Works ™’. Bluetooth enabled on the 6630.

First I need to scan for it to get it’s ID using hcitool scan

admin@linux:~$ hcitool scan

Scanning …
        00:12:62:E3:18       Fakir 6630

hcitool scan discovered it and returned the ID (00:12:62:E3:18)

Let us rip a tune to first encode and then send to the 6630. I am using cdparanoia to rip tunes from CD’s.

admin@linux:~$ cdparanoia 1

For compressing/encoding the wav ripped tune I will install the faac encoder. Not all formats are supported in the media player that comes with the 6630, but according to this post AAC is a good choice.

admin@linux:~$ apt-get install faac

Encode the track with faac using the advice given in the same post as above.

admin@linux:~$ faac -b 96  -c 44100 -o Big_Sky.m4a -w –artist "The Reverend Horton Heat" –title "Big Sky" –genre Rockabilly cdda.wav
Freeware Advanced Audio Coder
FAAC 1.24

Average bitrate: 96 kbps
Quantization quality: 100
Bandwidth: 22050 Hz
Object type: Low Complexity(MPEG-4) + TNS + M/S
File format: MPEG-4 File Format (MP4)
Encoding cdda.wav to Big_Sky.m4a
   frame          | bitrate | elapsed/estim | play/CPU | ETA
 8102/8102  (100%)|  114.6  |   55.3/55.3   |    3.40x | 0.0

Send the newly encoded file to the phone using gnome bluetooth tools.

admin@linux:~$ gnome-obex-send –dest 00:12:62:E3:18 Big_Sky.m4a

Voila, I’ve got a message with the file and it opens and plays just fine in RealPlayer on my Nokia.

One problem, RealPlayer does not pick up the artist option used in the encoding.

More S60 stuff to follow……..just keep an eye on this weblog