XMPM: New Mobile Phone Manager for Linux

Category: Software
By: AK

An new Linux version of the Mobile Phone Manager is now available. XMPM is a new mobile phone manager for Siemens mobile phones, now for the Linux operating system.

 

With XMPM on your PC, you will be able to:

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Exchange pictures, ringtones and advanced multimedia content through direct access to the mobile’s file system.

Use your PC to quickly create, send and receive SMS messages.

Manage contacts in your address book with the Synchronization feature.

Use your mobile to provide easy GPRS Internet access for your PC.

Connect using Bluetooth, USB or a serial cable</typolist>

 

XMPM is currently available for Linux distributions Suse 9.2 and 9.3.

 

Download and Installation Instructions

 

1.) Getting LinuX Mobile Phone Manager Software

 

1.1 – First, download XMPM from the Internet. XMPM is distributed on a single self-extracting file (for download links see below).

 

1.2 – Check if it was successfully downloaded by verifying the file size.

 

1.2 – During the download process, XMPM’s linux file attributes are reset for security reasons. In order to restore them, you must perform a “chmod” command as follows:

 

chmod +x XMPM_Installer_<Distribution>_<Version> 

 

2.) Launching XMPM Installer

 

2.1 – You can choose to either click on this file using your file browser, or execute it on your home directory using the following command:

 

./XMPM_Installer_<Distribution>_<Version>

 

2.2 – The file will be self-extracted and a directory called XMPM_<Distribution>_<Version> is created on your home directory.

 

2.3 – XMPM graphical installer will be then launched and you are asked to provide your root password.

 

Current XMPM Version: 1.0.05.49.5

 

And here are the downloads:

 

Installer: XMPM_Installer_Suse92_1.0.05.49.5 (23,9 MB)

Readme: XMPM_Readme_Suse92_1.0.05.49.5 (2 Kb)