Using Sprint Treo 650 as modem for Mac PBG4 (10.4.2)

[joannvp]

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue of mine. Great Forum!

I want to use the Sprint Treo, when I am traveling, to wirelessly connect to the internet. Has anyone successfully set this up?

Also, I have read the other threads that talk about using the Wireless Option on the Treo (but they have all been Verizon users). I don't seem to have a wireless option. I do have BlueTooth on my Treo, but is that the same as Wireless?

When I try to connect from my Mac to the Treo, the Mac's Airport setup sees the phone OK but says there are no services available.

[alex_mathews]

One option is using Bluetooth DUN (Dial Up Networking). There are instructions for the setup here.

[joannvp]

I tried to download the Treo 650 updater 1.12 from Sprint. It took 45 minutes over a dial-up modem connection. When the .sit file (8 megs) arrived and I unstuffed it, a folder was created on my desktop but there was nothing in the unstuffed folder — "no items." Even though when I "Get Info" on the unstuffed folder with no items, it has 9.2 megabytes. Any suggestions?

[alex_mathews]

I don't have a Mac so I won't be able to help with the update problem. Chris is a Mac guy, so he can probably help you out.

[chris]

I tried to download the Treo 650 updater 1.12 from Sprint. It took 45 minutes over a dial-up modem connection. When the .sit file (8 megs) arrived and I unstuffed it, a folder was created on my desktop but there was nothing in the unstuffed folder — "no items." Even though when I "Get Info" on the unstuffed folder with no items, it has 9.2 megabytes. Any suggestions?

This is very odd. Try moving the .sit to your documents folder and unstuffing from there. Fortunately, the mac is moving away from .sit files to .zip.

Also, post the link to where you downloading the files. I'll download, uncompress and see what I find on my end.

-Chris