Dell Axim’s Crippled Bluetooth
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For anyone considering a Dell Axim with Windows Mobile 5, don’t count on your Bluetooth devices being supported. Dell has disabled many Bluetooth profiles on the device. While it’s true there is a new stack (program for managing Bluetooth connections) in WM5, it works fine on devices from other manufacturers. The only profiles left working are Activesync, Dial-up networking, and Dell’s bluetooth keyboard. I assume Dell has done this to sell more wired heasets or something. Before finding this out, I had hoped to be able to use my bluetooth headset with Skype and the Axim, or to get photos from my cameraphone onto the Axim, but alas Dell denied me.
But there is light at the end of the tunnel. My Dell Axim X51V is currently downloading pictures from my cameraphone, and has just played audio through my BT headset. By replacing the stack with Broadcomm’s stack used in Windows Mobile 2003, some awesome people have solved my Bluetooth woes. It’s now as easy as installing a cab file like any other program, and they claim that you can uninstall it from Remove Programs. It even includes a new dialog when you press the wireless button which allows you to toggle the wifi and bt independantly. There are of course warnings such as back up the device first and that using the software may void warrenties or deny you support, but for me its worth it.
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=122247
Tags: Axim, Freeware, Gadgets, Software
