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I'm thinking about getting an iBook, for computing on the mode and I wondered if anyone here had experience using a P900 and Mac notebook over Bluetooth to access the internet.
Anything you can tell me would be a big help.
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Posted: 2004-03-10 11:22:00
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Have a look at
this thread
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Posted: 2004-03-10 11:47:23
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There's much ado about nothing on that thread - alot of Mac vs. PC fud and much of it before iSync changed the landscape.
I use an old iBook 600 and a P800 - I expect all of this is applicable with the P900:
There's no problems with syncing data between the contacts and dates with the current iSync. The most fault-tolerant procedure is:
1) Go to your Sharing Panels/Firewall and poke a hole for Bluetooth (port 3004)
2) First sync the phone with the Mac, making the Mac discoverable and als making sure that the phone allows access without confirmation (in the P900 BT setings)
3) Test this by going to your Address Book (all addresses) and send the folder to the Mac. Be amazed by the speed of Bluetooth and keep your AllContacts.vcf on the side for later.
4) Then, to the Mac side now - Set up a new Bluetooth device. Walk through the wizard.
You can now iSync the system without any issues. I found that I preferred to let the Mac Address Book and calander overwrite the P900, starting with a clean slate. If you sent the Addresses to the Mac earlier, you can either add these to your new Mac, or or overwrite the P900 with Mac data, or allow the Mac to merge the 2 sources together (you WILL have to work in Address Book to organize the data one way ot another) - I prefer to edit on the Mac, so I overwrote the P800.
If for some reason the Mac won't sync, just try sending a file (jpg or text - no matter) to it. Sometimes it gets stuck - very rarely now with the new iSync - but you really need not ever re-pair the two.
Sending a SIS files is easy:
1) Double-click on the file - it should launch Bluetooth File exchange. If not,
2) Get Info on the SIS file, Under OPEN WITH... choose Bluetooth File Exchange and click CHANGE ALL so all SIS files in the future load with BTE.
To receive notes or images, just beam them to the Mac. You might have to put it on DISCOVERABLE - I'm using a 3rd party BT adapter, so the built-in Apple way is certainly preferred. In fact, I'm thinking of updating to a newer iBook primarily for built-in BT.
You can also use the P800/900 to control the Mac with the Salling Clicker. Also, there's a pair of scripts for the build-in mrouter (Share2Blue2th) that let's you use the Mac's BT and internet connection to surf the web without using GPRS - saves me big money when I'm developing for mobile devices! Just click on a menu item and the P800 flies via Opera - even with streaming video servers (I run the free Darwin video server on the Linux box and sed 3GPP videos on the fly - very schweet).
It's really, really easy - I'm just innumerating steps so you won't get too lost. Don't be afraid of things you don't know ... they only get easier!
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Posted: 2004-03-10 14:13:28
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