Information using Bluetooth Beam You can beam information, such as contacts, calendar items, and tasks, as well as files from your device to your computer or to another Bluetooth-enabled device.
Note If your computer does not have built-in Bluetooth capability, you need to connect and use a Bluetooth adapter or dongle on your computer.
To beam information from your device to a computer
1. Turn on Bluetooth on your device, and make your device visible. For information about this, see "To turn Bluetooth on and make your device visible".
2. Next, set Bluetooth on your computer to visible mode, create a Bluetooth partnership, then enable your computer to receive Bluetooth beams.
If your computer has
Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2 and your computer’s Bluetooth adapter is supported by your Windows version, do the following steps:
a. On your computer, open
Bluetooth Devices from the Control Panel then click the
Options tab.
b. For
Windows Vista, select
Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer.
For Windows XP, select
Turn discovery on and
Allow Bluetooth devices to connect to this computer.
c. Create a Bluetooth partnership between your device and computer.
d. In the
Options tab of
Bluetooth Devices, select
Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area.
e. To enable your computer to receive Bluetooth beams, right-click the Bluetooth icon at the bottom-right of your computer screen and select
Receive a File.
3. Now you are ready to beam. On your device, select an item to beam. The item can be an appointment in your calendar, a task, a contact card, or a file.
4. To beam a contact, tap
Menu > Send Contact > Beam.
To beam other types of information, tap
Menu > Beam [type of item].
5. Tap the device name to which you want to send the beam.
6. If you beamed a calendar, task, or contact item to your computer and it is not automatically added to Outlook, select
File > Import and Export in Outlook to import it.
To beam information to a Bluetooth-enabled device such as another
Windows Mobile powered device, follow steps 1 to 5 in the above procedure
Tips • The default folder on your computer where beamed items are stored may be C:\Documents and Settings\your_username\My Documents in Windows XP or C:\Users\your_username\My Documents in Windows Vista.
• For your device to receive Bluetooth beams, tap
Start > Settings > Connections tab
> Beam and make the
Receive all incoming beams check box is selected.
To beam the voice recording
1. Select the voice recording(s) you want to beam then tap
Menu > Beam File.
2. Tap the device you want to send the voice recording(s) to.
3. On the other device, accept the file transfer to receive the file.