[off/lang]

Has anyone had any experience using Nokia's 3650? How does it interact with OSX? I'm thinking about getting one, but I've heard that bluetooth on Nokia phones is sometimes kinda sketchy. Specifically will I be able to use it as a GPRS modem?

Thoughts, anyone?

[veryniceguy2002]

Originally posted by off/lang:
Has anyone had any experience using Nokia's 3650? How does it interact with OSX? I'm thinking about getting one, but I've heard that bluetooth on Nokia phones is sometimes kinda sketchy. Specifically will I be able to use it as a GPRS modem?

Thoughts, anyone?

I asked similar question before (I have a Nokia 7650), and this was the thread:

http://forums.macnn.com/57/consumer-hardware-and-components/139889/how-does-bluetooth-interact-mobile-phones/

Given Nokia 3650 and Nokia 7650 both uses Symbian OS (I think the version is a bit difference between the two, but most of the stuff should be the same), I guess it shouldn't differ a lot in relation to your question.

To cut long story short. There is an Italian web page which has a instruction on how to get Bluetooth works with a Nokai 7650 (which should be applicable to you as well).

http://www.macitynet.it/macprof/aA12545/index.shtml
(You can use Babelfish or Google translate to get some understanding on the text bit)

Apple has a kbase document on how to setup Sony Ericsson T68 to use it as a GPRS modem:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86151

Yes, I know you are asking "But I'm talking about Nokia 3650!". Basically I would say it's almost the same, except you need to get a Nokia 3650 modem script. I think I read it somewhere that someone tried to use a mdoem script (I can't even recall whether use it as is or with modification) and able to use a Nokia phone as a Bluetooth modem...

Let me try and see if I can find that piece of information somewhere...

BTW, other than being expensive and relatively big, I think Nokia 3650 very good choice GSM mobile phone. IT's quite cool!

[Kenneth]

I was interested on that Nokia 3650 phone as well (using T-Mobile or Cingular). Powerpage.org has an article on it few days ago. It looks good to me.

http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=10795

[MetalArtist]

Nokia 7650/3650 and SE P800 are new Symbian based phones that are SyncML compatible and hence could be made to work with iSync, however current versions of iSync arent actually able to use SyncML via Bluetooth at all. They use IrMC which is a variant of IrDA. Apple plans to use SyncML, but has needed to wait for an implementation of SyncML over OBEX (Bluetooth). Currently SyncML works using HTTP/GPRS in most phones implementing it. Since apple has included bluetooth support for the aforementioned phones in 10.2.5, it stands to reason an iSync update should be very far behind to allow for full synchronisation, its a matter of adding SyncML/OBEX support and A conduit for Symbian OS. Im pretty sure that 3rd party progs will pop up too, as Symbian is an open source OS

The 7650/3650 can be used as a inet access point, file transfer works, app installations can be made via BTE, and SMS/Contacts work through Address Book (for this you must export vCards and sned using BTE)