This post may be a bit premature, but I was hoping some TR owners with the BT upgrade could comment on the compatibility of the Sony’s BlueSpace (BS) software with BT-enabled phones…

The 650 is slated to be released tomorrow, 10/25/04, and I was planning on upgrading from my current 600. I am also seriously considering installing the internal BT upgrade for my TR.

However, before I do so, I need to resolve 2 qualms:

1)Will the carrier (Sprint) provide software to connect the 650 to my PC? Or will I have to rely solely on Sony’s BS software (no pun intended) to recognize the device?

2)According to rumors on BargainPDA , the Sprint version of the 650 will support hands-free equipment and HotSync over Bluetooth, but will NOT support using the Treo as a dial-up modem for a laptop or other handheld. Can anyone clear this rumor up? (N.B.  I currently use a USB cable to connect my Treo600 to my TR5, which allows me to use it as a dial-up modem using PDAnet software) 

I’m hesitant to drop $150 on the BT upgrade for the TR and whatever inordinate amount of money they will be asking for the 650, if I won’t be able to use them together.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[quote author=“snowcone”]This post may be a bit premature, but I was hoping some TR owners with the BT upgrade could comment on the compatibility of the Sony’s BlueSpace (BS) software with BT-enabled phones…

The 650 is slated to be released tomorrow, 10/25/04, and I was planning on upgrading from my current 600. I am also seriously considering installing the internal BT upgrade for my TR.

However, before I do so, I need to resolve 2 qualms:

1)Will the carrier (Sprint) provide software to connect the 650 to my PC? Or will I have to rely solely on Sony’s BS software (no pun intended) to recognize the device?

2)According to rumors on BargainPDA , the Sprint version of the 650 will support hands-free equipment and HotSync over Bluetooth, but will NOT support using the Treo as a dial-up modem for a laptop or other handheld. Can anyone clear this rumor up? (N.B.  I currently use a USB cable to connect my Treo600 to my TR5, which allows me to use it as a dial-up modem using PDAnet software) 

I’m hesitant to drop $150 on the BT upgrade for the TR and whatever inordinate amount of money they will be asking for the 650, if I won’t be able to use them together.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

I use a P900 which works OK with my Sony TR. I’ve had several problems, as most people do, pairing the 2 devices together but in the end got them working. Sony Blue space software is good, but i think you should get the Windows XP SP2 update on your computer. The bluetooth performance was better after the SP2 upgrade. I mean i could connect to more devices, including my 2nd laptop with the upgrade.

To answer your first query, yes sprint will provide software like some kind of PC suite to connect to your phone. Most of these PDA based phones come along with Syncronization software, and also software which enable you to put stuff onto the phone memory card. So i dont think that should be any problem. Anyway you dont need to install software on your PC to communicate to the phone, you can connect through BT directly with the built in windows interface and use it for the 2 way transfer.

I dont think i can answer your second query thou, but someone else on this forum will definately help you.

I am based in the UK where these laptops come with BT already and we dont need the seperate upgrade.
Cheers.

All rumors about the Treo 650 place it in late Nov at the earliest. As for Bluetooth, wait until you start getting reports from people with the actual Sprint-branded ROM. From the actions of other carriers, I have no doubt that at least some of the Bluetooth profiles will be disabled. Verizon and Cingular for example have both disabled the OBEX (file transfer) profile on some of their phones (the V710 and Mpx220 respectively) to convince users to use MMS to transfer files. If any company will outdo them in terms of crippled phones, it’s Sprint.

That’s sleazy.

  Treo 650 Arrives Monday

I’ve heard similar rumors…

Erik

So If I go out and buy a Nokia 9500 Communicator…which is infact my dream phone (I have a 3595…please don’t laugh).  I use the cingular service…so once I slip the SIM card in…it will cut off my Bluetooth service?  I just wanna clarify because I’m close to doing the internal BT upgrade just so it can communicate with my UX50.

Bluetooth is a feature on the phone, not a service. The 9500 will have Bluetooth. All you need to do is pair the new phone and you’re all set.

The Treo 650 to be announced Monday at the CITA Wireless show. Considering the flurry of news on it over the past two hours, there must have been an NDA on the press release…

Yeah, annonced, not released…

Erik

it’s finally on the palmone website. not available yet.

The rumors were true, no MP camera…this is not going to be an upgrade for me…unless Verizon makes an incredible deal…

Erik

sorry, no DUN via Btooth on the 650

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5791

[quote author=“skiman”]sorry, no DUN via Btooth on the 650

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5791

I love articles that tell the truth…

The new Treo 650 is out today

Really? I thought it won’t be out for a while…oh that’s right, it won’t. Rumors are rumors…sprint may disable it, but then again, nobody knows for sure until the phone is actually out.

Erik

[quote author=“skiman”]sorry, no DUN via Btooth on the 650

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5791

[quote author=“linc”] 

I don’t buy Sprint’s statement.  I think they got nailed by the outcry on the internet about it being intentionally disabled.  It doesn’t matter as long as the DUN is there in the end.  I personally prefer having my data access seperate from my phone since it’s easier to work that way.  I can talk and be logged on at the same time which is worth the extra money.