 Over on the great new site, MAKE Magazine [www.makezine.com/blog], Dave Mathews (no not that Dave Matthews) does a step by step article on using the new DUN features of the recently released 1.12 firmware for Sprint PCS Treo 650s.
“MAKE contributer Dave Mathews has cooked up how-to for all the [Sprint PCS] Treo 650 owners out there! If you own a [Sprint PCS] Treo 650, this guide will help you with setting up your PC for DUN after you have performed the 1.12 firmware upgrade. You will need a laptop with integrated Bluetooth, or an adapter like my favorite tiny Kensington USB Adapter model number 33085…”
Later in the article he mentions this:
“I have been using a voice phone connected to a computer for three years – starting with an LG 5350 and a USB cable, then a Sony/Ericsson T608 with Bluetooth before moving to the Treo 600 and finally the 650. I have not been charged for any extra data fees on top of my “unlimited Vision” account, but I have not had excessive use. I use the phone as a modem only when I have no WiFi access available.”
I found that interesting because besides the Treo 600, I have used the exact setup over the last few years - LG 5350 with USB, Sony Ericsson T608 (www.t608.com is another one of my sites), and now the Treo 650.
Unfortunately, this article covers setting up BT DUN with Windows XP and doesn’t cover Mac OS X. Mac users can still use the instructions provided by Trevor Harmon, you can just turn on Dial-Up Networking in the Bluetooth preferences and skip down to around the 4th step.
MAKE: Blog: HOWTO: Legal DUN on the Treo 650
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September 2nd, 2005 at 5:56 pm
Dave’s piece is a great “how-to” but as you mention it doesn’t go much into other platforms or telcos. I recently wrote an article that discusses how to troubleshoot some of the common issues with BT DUN on the 650 and brings together links that assist in setting up DUN with other telcos since Cingular now has legal DUN enable as well.
The link is: http://texxors.com/forums/index.php?topic=16.0
Check it out is you’re having problems or want more information