Easwar Hariharan wrote:
I might buy one dongle too if a new phone I'm planning to buy is not compatible with *nix or *nix refuses to mount/recognise it.
A phone that uses a direct mini usb cable may be more better in detection than one with the flat connector-usb adapter. At a client's place, Kububtu 7.04 directly detected a Sony Erricson W810 phone and its contents. It showed up as 2 usb drives ( internal and external memory ) on the desktop.
Other users on this list could share their experiences.