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Pocket PC Forum / End Users / Pocket PC / October 2009Saw my first WM 6.5 device today
I saw my first WM 6.5 device today and under Settings->Connections the option to use "Bluetooth" for an Internet connection was missing. All it had was "Cellular Line" and "Hayes Compatible." After thinking about it I wonder what would have happened if I'd tried "Hayes Compatible" in place of "Bluetooth." > I saw my first WM 6.5 device today and under Settings->Connections the > option to use "Bluetooth" for an Internet connection was missing. All it > had was "Cellular Line" and "Hayes Compatible." > > After thinking about it I wonder what would have happened if I'd tried > "Hayes Compatible" in place of "Bluetooth." My guess is nothing, unless the device happened to have a Hayes- compatible modem installed! (I haven't used that option since creating dialup connections on my Audiovox Maestro PPC 2002 with a CompactFlash- card 56k modem installed!) I suspect this WM6.5 device you saw is limited to BT PAN connections. > > I saw my first WM 6.5 device today and under Settings->Connections the > > option to use "Bluetooth" for an Internet connection was missing. All [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I suspect this WM6.5 device you saw is limited to BT PAN connections. True. I looked at the list of BT Profiles on that device and it listed BT DUN but it did not list BT PAN. I'm still curious as to know why they removed the ability to use BT DUN from another phone when a 211 iPAQ can use either BT DUN or BT PAN for it's Internet. > I'm still curious as to know why they removed the ability to use BT > DUN from another phone when a 211 iPAQ can use either BT DUN or BT PAN > for it's Internet. Well, the iPAQ 211 has, as with all HP phones / standalone PDA's, a much more capable BT stack - that is, Widcomm (Broadcom) - as opposed to the MS BT stack coming with all HTC models. Unfortunately, it seems the MS BT stack, while, as of version 6.1, it does have a selectable Bluetooth option when setting up a connection, results in trying to dial the passed pseudo-number (e.g., *99***#1) as a non-pseudo number when using a GPRS / 3G modem via Bluetooth. That is, the BT dial-up is completely messed up. Which isn't really some to wonder about - after all, very few people would want to use Bluetooth from a device that already has a GSM phone inside. At least this is what I've encountered on my HTC Universal runnning a cooked ROM version (with the latest Tomal version; see http://forum.xda- developers.com/showthread.php?t=454906 ). I've also tested this on the HTC Wizard with mfrazzz's XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 (see http://forum.xda- developers.com/showpost.php?p=2077663&postcount=9 ); however,it completely lacks the BT DUN client. Unfortunately, I couldn't test this on more machines (they're either at home or loaned to some of my colleagues). Nevertheless, based on what I saw, it seems not even the MS BT stack coming with 6.1 is capable of seamless packet-based (non-dial up) connections via BT when operating in client mode (as opposed to the server mode). Also see my dedicated articles on BT dial-up (at e.g. http://forum.xda- developers.com/showthread.php?t=407563 ); note that s this problem's very rarely asked upon, I haven't tested it either for my roundup. >> > I saw my first WM 6.5 device today and under Settings->Connections >> > the option to use "Bluetooth" for an Internet connection was [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > DUN from another phone when a 211 iPAQ can use either BT DUN or BT PAN > for it's Internet. |
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