Gnokii is a suite of programs for communicating with mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

s. It was initially only available for Nokia mobile phones, but later extended to support others. It is available for GNU/Linux, BSD unix, Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

, and Mac OS X

Mac OS X

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 and as source code.

Gnokii itself is a console tool, but it is used by several GUIs to communicate with phones; for example: Xgnokii , Gnocky, and Gnome Phone Manager all use Gnokii internally.

It is licenced using the GNU GPL.

Features

• Use to Activate Nokia network monitor
  Nokia network monitor
  Nokia network monitor or Monitor Mode is a hidden mode on most Nokia cell phones used to measure network parameters. Additionally there are measurements for phone and battery temperature and other phone specific measurements and tests. The mode can only be activated over a special FBus, or MBUS...
  
  
• Supports sending SMS
  SMS
  SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
  
   (with delivery report), picture messages, can send/receive ring tones (as SMS)
• Phonebook
• Dial/Receive calls
• Calendar

Can connect using serial/USB cables, infrared

Infrared

Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...

, Bluetooth

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

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See also

• OpenSync – Open Source synchronization framework
• Gammu (software)
  Gammu (software)
  Gammu is a project which encompasses applications, scripts and drivers for managing various functions on cellular phones and similar devices.It is a stable and mature codebase with support for many models available on the market and provides functions unavailable in other similar projects...
  
   – a program for communicating with mobile phones
• BitPim
  BitPim
  BitPim is an open source program designed for managing content on CDMA devices. Most mobile phones using a Qualcomm-manufactured CDMA chipset are supported...
  
  – Open Source CDMA management and synchronization software