BitPim is an
open source
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program designed for managing content on
CDMA devices. Most
mobile phones using a
Qualcomm
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-manufactured CDMA
chipset are supported. The program is also
cross-platform, operating on the
Microsoft Windows
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,
Mac OS X, and
Linux operating systems.
Although BitPim might be taken for a
personal information manager (PIM), its name derives from "bitpym", a suggestion generated by a
pronouncable-password generator; the "y" being replaced with an "i" simply to eliminate ambiguity in pronunciation. Earlier, the program had been named "Entrocul" by the same method.
Bitpim is comparable to
Gammu
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, QPST, Open Sync, and Gnokii applications.
Features
Functionality varies depending on the model of the phone. Once the drivers are installed on the PC operating system, the following managing functions are generally supported:
* Phone Book
* Calendar
*
Wallpapers
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*
Ringtone
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s
* Filesystem
* Media
* Memo
* Todo
* Call history
* SMS
* T9 editor
Data can be imported and exported between the phone and
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager software system from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 software suites. Though primarily an email client, Outlook also includes such functions as Calen ...
or
Google Calendar.
Implementation
BitPim is implemented using the
Python programming language with various pieces in
C to access hardware. The user interface is
wxPython which in turn wraps
wxWidgets. That gives a native look and feel on each platform.
Most of the functionality is obtained by using the diagnostics mode available in
Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem (MSM) used by virtually every manufacturer of CDMA phones. The diagnostics mode provides direct access to the embedded filesystem in the phone. The remainder of the functionality is via protocols provided by the handset manufacturers, but these usually only cover updating the phonebook.
Because the sizes of fields in the protocols differ between every model (even from the same handset manufacturer) and even between the same model offered at different carriers, BitPim has code and field descriptions for every model. A big part of each approximately monthly release is adding support for new phone models.
See also
*
OpenSync
*
Gnokii
References
External links
* {{Official, www.bitpim.org
*
History of BitPim written on the one year anniversary*
BitPim paper: Where do I download cell specifications?A description of BitPim usage with the phone LG LX350Help using bitpim with the Samsung a930
Mobile device management software
Personal information managers
Free software programmed in C
Free software programmed in Python
Software related to embedded Linux
Software that uses wxWidgets