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Posted by: JL23

I just had a question
i have a p900 and i was wondering if it was worth it to get a bluetooth dongle
and what i can do with itand lastly
what is a good brand or a good dongle
sorry i'm a bit of a noob with bluetooth
thanks in advance

Posted by: haritia

Personally, my approach is I'll need it when I need it. Have you identified a need yet? If not, I'd say no.

However, here are a sampler of what you can use BT with your phone for:
- Copy images from/to the P900 to/from you PC.
- Using the P900 as a modem when you are out in the wilderness (concrete jungle that is) and no WiFi connection is available.
- Syncing wirelessly with the PC.

I use BT mainly between my phone (not a P900 yet but a T39, R520 and T610) and my Palm Tungsten T3 to do the internet, and better yet I take a photo with my Minolta digicam, pop the SD card into my Palm, beam a pic onto the T610 and email it there and then. I takes less than 2 minutes and my parents (in Madagascar) got to see their new granddaughter within a few minutes of her being born in Minnesota.

Still, I bought the dongle thing for my laptop (Belkin US$40) and use it very seldom (about once a month to upload a photo of my daughter onto the T610). It's not too expensive but I'm not sure if I'd buy it again.

Nevertheless, good luck with your choice.

Posted by: JL23

thank you very much for the help
your advice was appreciated

Posted by: samantha2001

if you already have an infrared adapter, no need to buy a bluetooth dongle. IRDA will serve it's purpose.

Posted by: JL23

Just wondering
if i had a bluetooth dongle
am i able to connect to my computer's cable internet through that?

Posted by: haritia

Aha! That's an interestng question. You want to connect you phone to the internet through your computer+cable connection? Now why would you want that if your phone already is connected using GPRS?

As far as Samantha's post, I beg to differ, IR had its use but lining uup the devices is a pain.

Posted by: samantha2001

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Originally posted by haritia
Aha! That's an interestng question. You want to connect you phone to the internet through your computer+cable connection? Now why would you want that if your phone already is connected using GPRS?

As far as Samantha's post, I beg to differ, IR had its use but lining uup the devices is a pain.

yes it's a pain but it serves its purpose, right? one advantage of bluetooth is you don't need to have a line of sight when connecting with other devices...with IRDA, you do.

Posted by: JL23

I dont' use the GPRS because i don't really need to use it when i'm out
but i thought it might be interesting if i'm at home and i can go on msn or something
so i didn't have to go back to my room all the time to check if i got an email or message or whatever