Palm Bluetooth Card User manual

Handbook for the
Palm™Bluetooth Card

Copyright
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trademarks of Palm, Inc. The HotSync logo, Palm, and the Palm logo are trademarks of Palm, Inc. Other
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Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through the use
of this software. Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as
a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on
other media to protect against data loss.
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accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the
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Chapter 1: Palm™ Bluetooth Card Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What can you do with the card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Bluetooth technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Wireless connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Internet bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting at close range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Operational considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: Preparing Your Handheld to Use
the Palm™ Bluetooth Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Applications installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing applications not included on the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Card usage tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3: Connecting with Other Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Device types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Methods of performing discovery/connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting using the Bluetooth application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching between a phone connection and a wireless LAN
access point connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4: Using Your Palm™ Bluetooth Card Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Telephony features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tap dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Collaborative applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using BlueBoard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using BlueChat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The Send function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Wireless LAN access point features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Contents

Contents
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Chapter 5: Advanced User Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Bluetooth Preferences screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Enabling/disabling the user cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Connection Preferences screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Network Preferences screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Customizing ISP settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Customizing Palm WAP Browser settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting to non-GSM phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting to a GPRS network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Phone drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching connections to the same type of device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
HotSync operation with your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 6: Performance Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Latency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Usage environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 7: Connection Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Passkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Trusted pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 8: Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installation/operation problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Phone connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Product Regulatory and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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CHAPTER 1
Palm™Bluetooth Card Overview
The Palm™ Bluetooth Card allows you to wirelessly connect your Palm™
handheld to devices enabled with Bluetooth technology, including other Palm
handhelds, mobile phones, local area network (LAN) access points, and
computers. With the Palm Bluetooth Card, you can do the following:
■Access data quickly without wires
■Connect to other computing and communicating devices equipped with
Bluetooth technology
What can you do with the card?
You can use the Bluetooth Card to do the following:
■Access the Internet
■Check and send e-mail
■Chat with other users
■Collaborate on whiteboard drawings
■Exchange SMS (Short Messaging Service) messages
■Send data to other users
■Dial telephone numbers from your Address Book
■Print from Address Book or Datebook
■Perform wireless HotSync®operations
Additional equipment (for example, a mobile phone or laptop computer) enabled
with Bluetooth technology is required to complete these tasks. This Handbook
explains in detail how to perform each task.

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Bluetooth technology
Bluetooth technology is the enabling technology of the Palm Bluetooth Card.
Bluetooth technology provides flexible, inexpensive, easy-to-use wireless
connectivity between devices. This technology offers several key benefits to the
user, including the following:
■Wireless connectivity
■A bridge to the Internet
■Connectivity at close range
Wireless connectivity
The Bluetooth wireless technology was originally developed to solve the cable
clutter problems consumers faced when connecting multiple devices. For example,
by using Bluetooth technology, a Palm handheld can now interface with a mobile
phone equipped with Bluetooth technology without requiring physical cable
connections or IR (infrared) line-of-sight connections.
The types of connections for which cable clutter can be eliminated with Bluetooth
technology include the following:
■Palm handheld to mobile phone
■Palm handheld to wireless LAN access point
■Palm handheld to laptop computer
■Palm handheld to printer
The Internet bridge
There are two ways that Bluetooth technology enables you to build a wireless
bridge to established networks like the Internet or campus/corporate intranets:
Dial-up networking This form of the Internet bridge is no different from the
method many people use to access the Internet today. It
entails dialing into the Internet through a modem and an
ISP (Internet Service Provider). In this case, the user’s
mobile phone serves as the modem. Bluetooth technology
eliminates the need for a physical cable connection in this
scenario.
NOTE In order to connect to the Internet using a mobile
phone, you must have both a wireless operator that
supports data services and an ISP account.

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Connecting at close range
To be truly wireless is a matter of connecting not only to the other side of the globe,
but also to the other side of the room. Bluetooth technology enables you to
wirelessly connect devices at a distance of up to 10 meters (30 feet), providing data
access between a Palm handheld and another nearby device equipped with
Bluetooth technology.
What’s more, one Palm handheld equipped with Bluetooth technology can connect
with up to seven other similarly equipped Palm handhelds, forming a small
network known as a piconet and enabling group collaboration and data exchange.
NOTE The number of devices with which you can connect may be limited by the
application you are using to make the connection; for example, with the collaborative
application BlueBoard included on the CD-ROM you can connect with up to three
other handhelds.
Operational considerations
Key considerations when using the Bluetooth Card include the following:
■Power management
■Connection security
See Chapter 6 for information on power management with the Bluetooth Card. See
Chapter 7 for information on connection security with the Bluetooth Card.
Direct access
networking Direct access to a network via Bluetooth technology is
possible using wireless LAN access points equipped with
Bluetooth technology. A wireless LAN access point allows
devices to connect to it wirelessly; the access point in turn
connects to the Internet or an intranet. These access points
may be installed in meeting rooms, classrooms, and public
spaces, enabling multiple wireless access opportunities.
You can also directly access a GPRS network via Bluetooth
technology using the high-speed data transfer option on
your mobile phone.

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CHAPTER 2
Preparing Your Handheld to Use
the Palm™Bluetooth Card
This chapter describes the steps you must complete in order to use the
Palm™ Bluetooth Card with your handheld.
Installing the software
To use the Palm Bluetooth Card with your handheld, you must install the software
files located on the CD-ROM.
To install the software (Windows):
1. Insert the CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. A screen displays
automatically.
2. If you have the multilingual version of the Bluetooth Card, select the language
you want to install. This must match the language of your handheld.
3. Select Bluetooth and Phone Services and follow the onscreen instructions. This
installs the following components:
– Bluetooth extensions for Palm OS®software
– Bluetooth application
– Telephony services
– SMS (Short Messaging Services)

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– Collaborative applications
– Related documentation
See “Applications installed” later in this chapter for information on these
components.
4. (Optional) Select Web Clipping and/or Palm™ WAP Browser and follow the
onscreen instructions to install these applications. See “Telephony features” in
Chapter 4 for information on these applications.
5. Connect your handheld to the cradle/cable, and press the HotSync®
button ™.
NOTE You must perform a HotSync operation after installing the CD-ROM to install
necessary drivers and collaborative applications to your handheld.
To install the software (Mac):
1. Insert the CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. The folder containing
the CD-ROM software will automatically open.
2. If you have the multilingual version of the Bluetooth Card,
double-click the folder of the language you want to install. This must match the
language of your handheld.
3. Double-click the Bluetooth Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions.
This installs the following components:
– Bluetooth extensions for Palm OS software
– Bluetooth application
– Telephony services
– SMS (Short Messaging Services)
– Collaborative applications