Comments on: USB Modem on Palm Centro with Vista over Bluetooth

By: dawn

dawn — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:44:57 +0000

i have a palm centro with AT&T .. can i get the pdanet software on my phone or i only can get the usb modem? and do i just put my phone in the cradle to get the internet on my laptop right?

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By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:28:08 +0000

Our palm phones are both AT&T Centro
I do not pay for the data plan.

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:25:36 +0000

I have read about maybe trying to bridge a connection in your network settings for the bluetooth to internet (google this)

also here is a good way to get internet from your pc to your palm centro

http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8567/howto-bluetooth-internet-with-windows-xp/

I have M-Router sucessfully working on my dell vista laptop (no dongle) and also on a old XP desktop pc (with a dongle)

We have 2 palm phones and can use both with each computer and browse online with bluetooth connection. (not the same computer at the same time)

This is my current challenge: Can I connect 2 palm phones to M-Router on the same computer at the same time with bluetooth?

Brad, you need to fix a setting in the network preferences on your palm that allows it to fallback to the other connection. Check the above link, the settings screen shots may help you.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:00:21 +0000

Happened on this sight, maybe you can help. I’ve established a live, local bluetooth network connection between my Centro and my Dell XP SV2 Laptop. How do I get Blazer (Palms’ internet software) to recognize the bluetooth connection with my PC and to use it . . . it always seems to revert to the AT&T supplied (pay as you go) network connection.
Thanks,
Brad

By: Alejandra

Alejandra — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:27:24 +0000

I’m paying on my Sprint for a data plan so I can surf the web on my phone. Does that work? Or do I need to pay extra? I’m a bit confused! I had called Sprint a long time ago and they said I would need to pay extra and buy that card. Hope they weren’t just trying to make me buy something! Help!

By: Consumer Electronics : Is there a way to use the palm centro to get internet on my laptop?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:31:54 +0000

[...] If you have bluetooth then you can do this. Work with Xp als not just vista. http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/03/07/48… [...]

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:47:09 +0000

I have a Centro with AT&T I’m looking for USB connect software, I can connect via Bluetooth without any third party software. AT&T shows you how to connect the Bluetooth in the My Centro instructions. I had a Treo 650 which was more complex but using DUN and Bluetooth to surf the net from my laptop seem built-in once I setup the DUn in windows and added the number, username and password. I don’t understand why ur using a third party app for Bluetooth DUN, for USB (work laptop doesn’t have Bluetooth) I need either PDAnet or USBmodem.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:40:12 +0000

I installed PDANet and am VERRRRYY happy with it. 1.5meg upload, 150k download.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:26:53 +0000

yes, thank you very much! you helped me to use PDAnet to pair my Vista Business laptop via bluetooth with my GSM Centro that I imported to the U.S. from the UK. I’m using T-Mobile. for T-Mobile users the phone number to enter is *99***1# and you leave the username and password blank.

The part you helped me to learn was that I needed to add the COM port in the Bluetooth Devices window, which I hadn’t read anywhere else.

You’ll be interested to know I’m getting faster speeds using the PDAnet software than with USBmodem. PDAnet is letting me connect at 2.4 Mbps using either USB or Bluetooth. With the USBmodem software I’m only getting 921.6 kpbs for some reason. You may be getting faster speeds on SPRINT.

I can definitely see a difference in how fast web pages are loading. so although PDAnet costs more, that’s what I’ll be buying. I also found PDAnet easier to use than the USBmodem software.

I had to use the “Disable Built-In DUN” option of the USBmodem software to get the bluetooth in PDAnet to work. Also in PDAnet you have to make sure the settings in the PDA desktop point to the same COM port.

The other tricky thing is that when using Bluetooth, if you’re using Chatteremail or some other program that is programmed to poll the internet on a regular basis, you need to shut down and disconnect those programs, or change the settings so that they don’t poll while you’re using PDAnet, in order to get the Bluetooth DUN to work.

Thanks again! While I’ll probably connect using a USB cable most of the time because it’s faster and less hassle to set up the connection, it’s reassuring to know I can get the Bluetooth DUN to work if I misplace the cable when I’m away from home.