- The Guardian, Saturday July 12 2008
I have some photos on an old Samsung E350 mobile that I want to upload to my PC - but the software doesn't recognise that the handset is connected. It doesn't have Bluetooth capability. Can you help?
If the information you want is locked in your old sim card, then all you'll need is a card reader. This inexpensive gizmo (about £15) plugs into your USB port and should let you pull your data straight on to your PC. However, lots of people with this model phone have reported similar problems without many answers. You could try downloading a newer version from the support pages at uk.samsungmobile.com, or buy a cable and software pack from a website such as datakits.co.uk (£6). In the end, though, your best bet may be sending the pictures as a multi-media message to somebody else and asking them to download them.
I have an Ion USB turntable that lets me download my vinyl records as files. Can I use it as an ordinary deck to play LPs and hear them through the speakers on my mini hi-fi?
The Ion has RCA outputs - that means you should be able to plug it into a hi-fi's AUX port using ordinary phono cables, although many mini stereo systems can't take external outputs.
