Hi Neil, On 30/09/2010, at 1:48 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:
> Definitely a BAD thing in my book – you already have security settings to > allow you to only approve the bluetooth connections you want on a > case-by-case basis. I think Apple have gone this route as they are determined to keep the iPhone as secure as they possibly can. Once you give people the option to lay their phones wide open by say allowing a phone to be "Always visible and connectable" as many other phones do, then you're asking for the onslaught of phone viruses and trojans. Using peer-to-peer connectivity "Stereo headphones/systems, handsfree telephone and telephone headsets, peer-to-peer apps, and tethering in countries whose providers support this. Peer to peer is not tethering. See this... <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3621> iPhone iOS4 User Guide: <http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPhone_iOS4_User_Guide.pdf> On Page 116 of the above Manual: Sharing Photos and Videos: You can send photos and videos in email and MMS messages, add photos and videos to MobileMe galleries, and publish videos to YouTube. You can also copy and paste photos and videos, save photos and videos from email messages to Photos, and save images from webpages to Photos. This link includes the bluetooth profiles that the iPhone supports. <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647> Neil you asked what the Profiles meant: Personal Area Network Profile(PAN), Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP) mean? Answer: Stereo headphones/systems, handsfree telephone and telephone headsets, peer-to-peer apps, and tethering in countries whose providers support this. Reunion uses a wireless connection via Airport to Sync. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
