Bluetooth
I downloaded some pictures from a friend's phone and I thought I'd share the how-to. She has a Motorola v551 with service from Cingular.
This assumes you have Bluetooth working properly. See comments below for more info.
1. On your XP machine, right click on the Bluetooth icon in the taskbar tray bar (the section in the lower right hand corner) and select "Receive a file".
2. On the phone select the image in the list of images, press the menu button and select "copy".
3. Select a destination for the file.
The file should transfer to your XP machine.
If the file doesn't appear in the destination, repeat steps 1 and 2 and choose a different location. I had problems copying to my U: drive for some reason. When I chose my desktop it worked flawlessly.
I tried this on another friend's Motorola v710. The phone had the same menu options but the functionality was disabled, when you selected copy, it displayed an error. I believe this has to do with Verizon blocking the functionality.
I use a BELKIN F8T003 Bluetooth USB Adapter. It cost $27 from CompUSA. The thing works without a hitch. When I plugged it into the machine it found a driver already installed with the OS. I didn't have to install any additional software to get the basic preinstalled Bluetooth stuff from Microsoft working. I did install the Nokia PC suite because it lets me browse my Nokia phone just like a regular hard drive and because it has some cool tools for syncing with outlook, etc; but this software is not necessary for basic file transfer with the Motorola phones. Additionally, the Nokia software doesn't seem to work with the Motorola phones; I suspect they have their own handy dandy software package.
I originally had a ghetto Bluetooth adapter that I picked up dirt cheap that used the Blue Soleil driver. What a piece of shit. The problem is, I guess, that the original release of XP didn't come with Bluetooth software. So, if you get a device for which XP doesn't already have a driver, you need to go out and download the driver. Unfortunately, the people who wrote the drivers packaged them with Bluetooth software. As a result, if the driver you're installing hasn't been updated for the new version of XP, you end up wiping out your existing Bluetooth software. This can effectively kill third-party software like the Nokia pc suite. My advice is not to install ANY third-party Bluetooth drivers. If your device doesn't come with a driver already loaded on XP, toss it and find another. You will drive yourself nuts trying to FIX the damage you do by installing the third party driver software.