[cleaner416]

Has anyone out there ever gotten an 8700 series to sync to a mac via bluetooth? If so, I'd love to know the steps you took. I cannot get it working at all. I can sync via the USB cable and PocketMac, but cannot get it working via bluetooth. I assume that PocketMac will be needed in all cases since I am not a BES user.

For what it's worth the whole experience has been very un-macish and user unfriendly. This PocketMac stuff feels like its put together with toothpicks and scotch tape.

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by cleaner416

Has anyone out there ever gotten an 8700 series to sync to a mac via bluetooth?

It can't be done.
Maybe someday, but not now.

[cleaner416]

Bummer. It seems like one of those "don't hold your breath" items as well.

[chi20696]

I've been looking at many posts, because I'm trying to decide between a treo 650 and and bb 8700. I have found that one can sync a bb via bluetooth if they downlowd pocketmac.net. Also, if anyone has some objective advice about the pros and cons concerning both your wisdom is welcome. Thank you.

[lasmn]

Bluetooth sync is too slow anyway. I did it with my treo and the sync speeds were glacial. Enjoy that glacier joke by the way, since your kids won't know what one is.

[peznut]

Originally Posted by chi20696

I've been looking at many posts, because I'm trying to decide between a treo 650 and and bb 8700. I have found that one can sync a bb via bluetooth if they downlowd pocketmac.net. Also, if anyone has some objective advice about the pros and cons concerning both your wisdom is welcome. Thank you.

chi20696: I used Palm devices for many years before switching to BB a few years ago. I jumped because Palm wasn't supporting the Mac platform the way it once did, and was hinting about dropping support entirely.

Thus, I can't state at this point that the Treo is the way to go if you own a Mac, but I'd suggest investigating Palm's HotSync support and which Macs/OS its desktop software works on. If both appear to work with the latest Macs (especially the Intel ones) and the latest version of Tiger, then Palm has a real advantage over BB in terms of syncing with your Mac/iApps because its desktop software was excellent when I was using it.

From there, it's a matter of determining which platform/phone offers the features you want/need, and which plan you want and how much you want to pay upfront/monthly. The BB is strongest in handling e-mail, especially corporate, so that's the strongest reason I use the 8700.

Good luck!