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Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Karan Bajaj
More and more phones are available in the market that have Bluetooth connectivity. Most people, however, use Bluetooth either for file transfer or for voice calls through a Bluetooth headset. There are various other uses that Bluetooth connectivity offers; here are some simple steps to use bluetooth to the max:
Use GPRS to access Net on PC
1 On your phone, go to connectivity options and turn on Bluetooth. Make sure that visibility of the phone is set to 'visible to all'.
2 Select 'search for new bluetooth devices' on your computer.
3 When your phone is detected by the software, right click on the phone name and choose Pair Device.
4 It is advisable to use a PIN when pairing two bluetooth devices. When asked, enter a PIN number of your choosing on the cellphone as well as on the computer to pair up the two devices.
5 Once paired, select the phone and choose discover services.
6 This might take up to a minute. From the various services discovered, click on dial-up-networking and accept the incoming request on the phone.
7 A dialogue box appears asking for username, password and the phone number of your operator.
8 Click on the dial button to complete the connection.
| Note: Your Service provider will charge for the GPRS service and you will have to get it activated to get the username and password. |
Control PC music with phone
1 Download bemused from the site http://bemused.sourceforge.net/
2 Install the bemused server on your PC and the bemused application on your phone using the PC suite.
3 Start Bluetooth application on your PC and pair your phone with the computer.
4 Next open the device properties and note the Com port that the phone uses.
5 Launch Bemused server on your PC and a wizard will guide you through the setup process.
6 Start the bemused application on your phone and click on Connect in the bemused server on your PC.
7 On your phone in bemused, select Refresh list and you will see the list of songs as on your computer.
8 Use the joystick to move up and down the list and select to play the selected song.
Send SMS from your PC
1 The SMS sender uses Bluetooth to transfer a message from your PC to the phone.
2 The SMS goes normally using your cellular service provider. Download and install the SMS sender from http://tinyurl.com/mk22.
3 Start Bluetooth on your phone as well as on the PC and pair the two devices.
4 Start SMS sender; under available devices select Bluetooth modem
5 Enter the phone number you want to send the SMS to in the destination number box.
6 Type your message in the body of the message box and click on Send.
| Note: * Validation of Windows is required to download the SMS sender.* SMS sender only allows sending 160 characters.* You will be charged per SMS sent as per the normal rates of your service provider. |
Source: Living Digital
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