Hi, if you want to use your phone as a dial-up modem via bluetooth, then all you need is a bluetooth-compatible phone and preferably an unlimited data plan as you pay by the kilobyte and not by the minute in most cases. Hope that helps
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patricia Dunbar Sent: Thursday May 01 2008 12:30AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Bluetooth questions I know blue tooth is installed on the laptop as I found it the other day trying to connect to the internet through I think was connection in tools of IE in the control panel. So do I still need something else to get online? Thanks, Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Bluetooth questions > Hi, I have a USB Bluetooth Dongle made by Belkin. It attaches to a USB > port > onto a laptop or desktop, and enables bluetooth connectivity should the > machine(s) doesn't provide built in bluetooth. They do come with drivers, > however Windows XP and Vista automatically recognized my dongle and > installed the necessary drivers, which is pretty flaky, but is enough to > do > things like connect to the internet using your phone as a dial-up modem, > send and receive files from one device to another, etc. Hope that helps. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lou > Sent: Wednesday April 30 2008 9:20PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Bluetooth questions > > Hi all, we have a blue tooth enabled phone but the computers are not. My > question is how do we get Bluetooth on the computers? I saw something at > Wal-Mart but I am not sure if that is what I need. Any help will be very > much appreciated. > Lou > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
