Comments for Use your BlackBerry 8800 as a Bluetooth Modem under OS X

Use your BlackBerry 8800 as a Bluetooth Modem under OS X

2007-03-01T10:36:06Z

User fdesir over in the forums has braved uncharted waters and reports that the script for the Pearl also works with the new BlackBerry 8800! So I've done a bit of cosmetic work to the script and posted it here. If you've already set up your Pearl as a modem, the same instructions apply; if you haven't, head on over to the new 8800 forum and check out the howto post there.

Caveats - I don't have an 8800 myself to test with, but if you run into trouble feel free to post a comment here or over in the forums and I'll see what I can do.

Comment from Anna Irvin on 2007-03-22

2007-03-22T19:42:58Z

Help me! I am trying to set up my Blackberry Pearl as a bluetooth modem with a Mac and have followed your advice, but every time I click on the link to download it brings me to a web page of script, rather than a link which i can save. Am I doing something wrong?

Anna

Comment from Grant on 2007-03-22

2007-03-22T20:31:30Z

Anna - To download the script, right-click on the link and choose 'Save Link As' or 'Download Linked File' depending on your browser.

Comment from MikeM on 2007-05-08

2007-05-08T18:24:08Z

works perfectly for me, on Cingular. Had to use Safari to download the script file, not Firefox, but it worked fine after that.

Comment from Rob on 2007-08-07

2007-08-08T01:15:51Z

Anyone successfully paired their 8800 to mac laptop (with TMobile service)? I seem to keep having disconnects. What phone # and login info are folks using? Thanks

Comment from Tom on 2007-11-12

2007-11-13T02:47:45Z

I haven't this yet... But can anyone tell me if this will work with Verizon? (There's no username/password listed for Verizon.)

Comment from Jean-Marc on 2007-11-17

2007-11-17T19:58:33Z

I felt like I needed to confirm that the whole thing *does* work!

Using 8830 with a MacBook Pro/10.4.10, on a Bell Mobility CDMA network.

I did exactly what was mentioned on the main page, and left all the connection fields blank. No APN seems to be needed for Bell...

Comment from ansia on 2007-12-10

2007-12-10T23:08:53Z

i really appreciate reading your article, thanks