Nokia 6255i - a few questions for the experts - =)

I hope someone can answer my questions, I just recently purchased a Nokia 6255i
from alltell. So far, I love this phone. I ran into trouble with it when I
purchased a bluetooth dongle (what a word) and installed the stack for this. I
finally figured out that if you want to use bluetooth stuff from 3rd party
software you will have to use a 'compatible stack' so I removed the supplied
drivers and used the MS stack, which works fine for now.

My questions are about SMS and MMS. Alltell lets you send free text messages to
any of thier phones capable of receiving them. I had read that you can send MMS
messages via text (since that is what they are anyway) and that you can split
MMS messages up to get around the character limitations of the free sms
services. Does anyone know if this is possible and exactly how do I do this?

My second question plays off of the first, if I can't find an easy way to send
MMS messages via the free SMS gateway that alltell provides I will just pay the
fees and get the regular service. I can't seem to find a utility that will let
you send a phone an MMS message from a PC though. Alltell only explains how to
send MMS messages through another phone, not through the internet using a PC
on the other end. Lets say I have some JPG snapshots from my camera, and I want
to send those to my friends mobile, what utility do I use to convert my
pictures to MMS and send them?
Assuming I have no phone to send through.

Third question; Most of the JAVA apps I can find say they work on a Ericson,
but don't say anything about other Sybmian OS phones. Is it safe to assume that
most apps that work on Ericson's will work on other Symbian OS phones? Also
where and how can I find firmware upgrades for nokia phones? I see people
posting about new firmware available, but no one ever leaves a link or website
for more info. Whats the latest firmware for 6255i and how do I obtain it?
Also, is it possible to flash a phone through a bluetooth connection or will I
absolutely have to obtain the cable (DKU-2)?

Fourth question; SMS and MMS gateways, once they are locked into the phone
from the network provider is there a way to change them? Would it even matter
if I could change them? Do the providers lock you into using only thier SMS and
MMS gateways? Is there any software that can allow you to use the CDMA backbone
for free or at least help avoid high charges sending and receiving email to and
from the phone?

The final question; Do any phones support bluetooth keyboards? If so, is there
any JAVA software that allows you to have a realtime text chat through a phone?

Thank you all for your answers and patience with me.
Aaron.

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You can find a free SMS Sender software that links up to a mobilephone
here -


http://www.visualgsm.com/products_vgsmlite.htm


Regards,
Joshua Lim
Visualtron Software
http://www.sms-gateway-software.com

[email protected] wrote:
>You can find a free SMS Sender software that links up to a mobilephone
>here -
>
>
>http://www.visualgsm.com/products_vgsmlite.htm

Thank you for your reply, but as I stated in my previos message, I would like
to know how to send mms/sms messages to a phone without using another phone to
do it.
PC --> Phone ...