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Can you "steal" things via bluetooth? |
thefury
Joined: Apr 24, 2002
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I've only had my T68 just over a week, so am very new to all this bluetooth stuff, but when the guy was giving me the "sell job" in the shop (CPWH), he said "Yeh, when my mate who has a T68 comes into range I can steal stuff from his phone without him knowing....like his background". Is he talking crap?
Are there any other uses for bluetooth apart from:
sending contacts/backgrounds
playing 2 player games
having a posey hands free with no leads but which you need a bank loan to buy in the first place! |
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Linkinpark17UK
Joined: Jan 27, 2002
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He can only steal his background if both phones have bluetooth switched on and the his phone is set to send the background. |
thefury
Joined: Apr 24, 2002
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Thanks, I thought so.
He made it sound like he would pick up his mate's phone like some homing device and be able to get what he liked off it! |
karim
Joined: May 07, 2002
Posts: 1
From: Paris
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To thefury:
Hi,
Yes, of course bluetooth has many other uses 
Among them there are my favourite ones:
- you can use your mobile as a GPRS modem, which will provide a decent Internet connection to your Palm, PocketPC or notebook
- ... and last but not least, by plugging a Bluetooth USB adapter on your PC you can synchronize your Outlook calendar and contacts with your t68m/t68i.
This last tip is quite interesting when you consider that this way, your mobile phone can be used as a perfectly valuable substitute to a more expensive, heavy PocketPC. |
arroyootje
Joined: Feb 01, 2002
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From: UK-Belgium-Azerbaijan
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The blue flashing light looks cool in the dark  |
orang3
Joined: Mar 28, 2002
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From: Never_never_Land
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hmm i guess for some time only ... when you are sleeping the blue led keeps on flashing ... it will become irritating... |
thefury
Joined: Apr 24, 2002
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Hi Karim,
what you say is true, however GPRS in England is quite expensive at the moment!!
I think I'll stick to using it for important things like two player games!
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russtproof
Joined: Mar 19, 2002
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On 2002-05-07 20:52, arroyootje wrote:
The blue flashing light looks cool in the dark
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heehee.. soo true 
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Jimak
Joined: Jan 04, 2002
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T68 will not talk to any device unless:
a) you create pairing (this means that you trust the paired device)
b) you initiate the communication
These scary stories are the same bull***it like the GSM SIM card cloning. It is possible but if you look at the conditions needed to clone a SIM card, you can just forget about it all and sleep in peace Same with Bluetooth security.
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evoke
Joined: Mar 05, 2002
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On 2002-05-09 17:53, thefury wrote:
Hi Karim,
what you say is true, however GPRS in England is quite expensive at the moment!!
I think I'll stick to using it for important things like two player games!
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Don't think it's that expensive - in fact it works out cheaper for me! Plus it's always on so you can keep up with Esato all day and only pay for the data you send and recieve. Suppose it depends on how much you use it but WAP at 10p/minute is a rip off in my opinion.
Get broadband as well and you'll never leave Esato!
Ed
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BleuTango
Joined: May 29, 2002
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Major Caveat: You cannot use a Palm handheld via Bluetooth on the AT&T network at this time. It is not supported. AT&T has a proprietary application to access GPRS over Bluetooth that is Windows only. |
c00lman
Joined: May 30, 2002
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Hehe... here in sweden we have free GPRS until 30/10 =)
With Comviq =)
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simonize
Joined: May 30, 2002
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On 2002-05-30 00:17, c00lman wrote:
Hehe... here in sweden we have free GPRS until 30/10 =)
With Comviq =)
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Gäller det för alla abonnemang? Alltså inte bara kontantkort.. Jag har Comviq pott Dag |
BarTMan
Joined: May 18, 2002
Posts: 22
From: Indonesia
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Here also...we got GPRS for free |
thefury
Joined: Apr 24, 2002
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On 2002-05-29 21:03, edwardm wrote:
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On 2002-05-09 17:53, thefury wrote:
Hi Karim,
what you say is true, however GPRS in England is quite expensive at the moment!!
I think I'll stick to using it for important things like two player games!
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Don't think it's that expensive - in fact it works out cheaper for me! Plus it's always on so you can keep up with Esato all day and only pay for the data you send and recieve. Suppose it depends on how much you use it but WAP at 10p/minute is a rip off in my opinion.
Get broadband as well and you'll never leave Esato!
Ed
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I'm with BT Genie which means I get WAP for nothing! So that makes GPRS expensive for a tight git like me!
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Posted: 2002-05-02 15:30
