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Connecting Blackberry to SZ Bluetooth

Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by newbieSZ, Aug 14, 2006.

newbieSZ Notebook Enthusiast

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Can anyone please tell me how to connect my blackberry phone to my notebook? I have enabled both of them. For some reason they are not finding each other. Please advice. Thanks in advance.

newbieSZ, Aug 14, 2006

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themanwiththeblacksax Notebook Consultant

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I heard this at the local cingular store, so i don't know how true it is, but apparently blackberry phones only feature secure bluetooth. That is, a limited bluetooth capability for headsets and a couple other things, as opposed to full bluetooth which lets you easily transfer files and such. Surely one other helpful members of the board can explain this more fully?

themanwiththeblacksax, Aug 14, 2006

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Just to clariy, when they say "secure", they mean from the service provider's end not the customer's end.

They have intentionally disabled features that are traditionally found in bluetooth so that they can drive revenue to their data services. Verizon Wireless does the same thing.

All that being said, I don't have any firsthand experience with Cingular, but I wanted to clarify the usage of the word "Secure" in this context. "Secure" like music you download that cannot be copied and shared.

-PHiZ

PHiZ, Aug 14, 2006

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