question about bluetooth (off topic)

[poulinski]

I have a Palm Zire 72 with bluetooth and I heard that you can connect to the internet if you have a bluetooth USB adapter in your PC. I'm thinking of bying one but first I want to know if it's worth it.

How fast would the connection be? Is it comparable to WI-FI?

Are there any good chatting programs that are compatible with MSN Messenger?

[Tinnus]

Moved to General Talk.

[tungstenE]

Yes you can connect to the interet with bluetooth. It will probably be about 10k/sec at maximum if you have broadband or just 5k/s if you have dialup.

It's not really comparable to Wi-Fi both in terms of range and speed.
You will also have to find a program to share internet through bluetooth. I don't know of one for Windows, but Missing Sync does it on Mac.

As for MSN messenger compatible programs, Jabber has a few Jabber -> MSN gateways (there are AIM, IRC and ICQ as well)...

You can use Chatopus on your Palm to get this. As for Windows, there are many Jabber clients.

[iamwrong]

You can use a software named Softick PPP to connect your Z72 and PC, then Z72 can go on internet with bluetooth. My Z72S do well,,,,you can email to [e-mail] to get the Softick PPP from me.

[iamwrong]

this is the Readme for Softick PPP


Softick PPP 2.15 Readme File
----------------------------

(c) Copyright by Softick Software 2003,2004
(c) Copyright by Dmytro Pohromskyy 2003,2004. All Rights reserved.

* Palm OS and HotSync are registered trademarks and Palm is a trademark
of Palm, Inc.

All other brand names, product names or trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.

1.What is Softick PPP.

Softick PPP is a PPP server which could accept connections from Palm
powered device via USB cable/cradle.

Softick PPP includes simple NAT service to provide easy connection to
existing networks.

1.1 UsbSync conduit
Softick PPP starting 2.10 installs UsbSync conduit to the HotSync. This
conduit doesn't synchronize Palm databases, it synchronize access to
USB components instead. This prevent famous BSODs during establishing
USB connection with HotSync application enabled on some PDAs. So you may
use shared USB mode for some handhelds instead using inconvinient exclusive mode.
A compatibility list for this feature is collected now.

UsbSync conduit cannot provide shared mode for all PDA, since some of
them report wrong USB Function Id (we use it to determinate what connection
Palm tries to establish: HotSync, PPP connection, Card Export, etc). Here a
few already known models which always report "HotSync": Handspring Treo 90,
Acer S60, Sony Clie PEG UX40/50.

This conduit in a beta stage now and we appreciate any feedback about
it.

2. System requirements

Softick PPP requires Palm Desktop 4.1 installed.
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP is required.

3. Installation

Before installing Softick PPP make sure you have setup Palm's USB driver
and you are able to perform ordinal synchronization by using HotSync
technology.

a. Run SoftickPPP-version-EN.exe to launch installation.

b. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen

c. Setup your Palm Network profile. You need to setup your DNS settings
in Network Profile or in the Softick PPP configuration (accessible from
right click on tray icon -> Settings).


4.Known issues:

You may expirience problems with Softick PPP when use it with unsupported
PDA models. (Some Sony Clies). These models will be support in near future.

5. Disclaimer

This software is provided without warranty. We will not take responsibility
for any form of damage or loss that occurs when/by using or not using this
software.

6. Contact

If you have any questions, suggestions or problems, please e-mail us at:

[e-mail]

For more information, please visit our site. The latest version can be
downloaded from:

www.softick.com

7. History
2.15 Fixed yet another crash during PPP disconnection
This version supports better serial numbers, old serial numbers are still accepted.
Fixed problem with serial interfaces after activating/deactivating in
connected state

2.14 Fixed possible invalid pointer reference during PPP disconnection
Improved communication speed
Serial Interfaces now pre-configured to 115200 instead 128K.

2.13 Bug fix release
2.12 Improved TCP Window Probe timer
Rare crashes was fixed
Fixed bug with Bluetooth enumeration on some systems

2.11 Fixed problem with UsbSync installation program

2.10 Fixed few bugs in TCP/IP and IPCP
Added BlueTooth/Serial support.
A PPP connection was optimized
Evaluation period was reset
Added UsbSync conduit

2.09 Added support for Sone PEG UX40/50, Acer S60
2.08 Added Treo 90 support
2.07 Fixed POP3 related bug.
2.06 Added USB Exclusive mode support. This should help with most Sony Clie


you can read this help url if you can read Chinese.
help url is this: www.ncdigi.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=5193&highlight=%C9%CF%CD%F8

[Tinnus]

Please do not post multiple times in a row (specially if your post is useless like "you can read this help url if you can read Chinese" and post the url in another), use the 'modify' button instead.

Double posting is accepted as long as the subject is different from the previous one, and is tolerable most of the times. Triple/multiple is just too much.

I've condensed your last 2 posts in the 2nd one.

[musicenthusiast]

why do you care if he double posts?

[Tinnus]

Because it isn't generally good practice in any forum you go. The topic gets full without needing and sometimes people use multiple posting as an excuse to up their post count.

I'm not bashing him or anything, just trying to maintain the thing organized.