How can I connect my phone and Palm via Bluetooth?

February 17, 2006 5:38 AM

I want to make my bluetooth-enabled Palm and my mobile phone be friends. Phone: Samsung D600 Palm: Palm TX.

I have a Samsung D600 on the UK mobile provider O2. I have a new Palm TX. The TX has built in wireless 802.11b (why B?) and bluetooth. My phone has bluetooth too.

The Palm TX comes with (and allows you to download) a number of phone drivers. Here's the not-so-complete compatability list: http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/phonelink.html#phones

Samsung phones aren't on there.

My phone can see the Palm - but when it tries to connect it asks for a PIN code. I never set a PIN on the Palm. The Palm doesn't see the phone at all.

Any ideas on a way to make my devices be friends?

Can I trick my Palm into thinking that my Samsung is another phone? Can I beg Palm to create the driver?

posted by k8t to Technology (8 answers total)

My phone can see the Palm - but when it tries to connect it asks for a PIN code. I never set a PIN on the Palm.

Enter any number. You'll be asked by the Palm to enter the same number. This is to verify the same person is using both devices (to prevent you connecting to someone else's).
posted by cillit bang at 6:05 AM on February 17, 2006

Response by poster: I meant a Samsung D500 - sorry for the confusion!
posted by k8t at 6:06 AM on February 17, 2006

Response by poster: Enter any number. You'll be asked by the Palm to enter the same number. This is to verify the same person is using both devices (to prevent you connecting to someone else's).

No luck - I enter a number and it rejects it.
posted by k8t at 6:10 AM on February 17, 2006

Best answer: Bluetooth pairing from Palm.com - it seems that the PIN doesn't matter as long as you use the same one on each device:

With more advanced devices, such as handhelds, mobile phones, and PCs, both participants must agree on a passkey and enter it on each device. The passkey is a made-up code that you enter on the spot when asked; it can be anything you want, as long as it's entered the same on both devices.

With other types of devices, such as printers and hands-free headsets, there's no interface for changing the passkey on the device, so the passkey is always the same. In this case, consult the documentation of the device to learn the default passkey, and how to change it (if possible). Often, the passkey is a simple zero.

Also check that both devices are in Bluetooth "discoverable" mode.
posted by blag at 6:12 AM on February 17, 2006

Ooops. Should've previewed. Maybe try 4 zeros - that's the default PIN for my phone.
posted by blag at 6:14 AM on February 17, 2006

Did you try this? Setting up a Bluetooth connection on a Palm TX
posted by blag at 6:18 AM on February 17, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks Blag -- my phone isn't one of the phones that is deemed to work though...
posted by k8t at 6:21 AM on February 17, 2006

Response by poster: Ah ha! My phone wasn't "discoverable" - thanks MeFi!
posted by k8t at 6:23 AM on February 17, 2006