Topic: Bluetooth Dongles for Palm Treo Pro to Computer Syncing
Totage's photo
Mon 08/24/09 10:19 PM
I just got done chatting with Palm customer support. I have Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit, and I'm trying to get my Tre Pro to sync with my Acer Aspire 6930 laptop. They told me I need to get a bluetooth dongle. I was looking online, but I'm not sure which one I should get. I found one for $2.96, but I was reading reviews and it dosen't seem to support cell phones. Does anyone have a recommendation. I want to buy one online, but I don't want to buy one that is not going to work for me, no matter how cheap it may be.

Totage's photo
Tue 08/25/09 12:48 AM
I found one on Amazon, hopefully it works. It only cost me $11 something.

KimberUC2's photo
Tue 08/25/09 09:05 AM
Edited by KimberUC2 on Tue 08/25/09 09:22 AM
Doesn't your Palm Treo Pro have bluetooth built into it. I would personally go to the local Sprint company store or whichever provider you have and ask their tech support for help.

after doing more research on this I was able to determine that your issue is due to the fact that Palm does not have a compatible software for Vista 64 bit yet. I did however find somthing you may be interested in at
http://forums.palm.com/palm/board/crawl_message?board.id=windows_hotsync&message.id=23632

It states a guy with a similar solution to yours found an infrared solution.

Another thing you want to try first is be sure of is that you have the latest version of the updated sync ( http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync/activesync45.mspx ) software as well as windows mobile version 6.1

Then go to settings and choose connections. Then choose "USB to PC" and disable advanced functionality. Your PC will automatically connect to your PDA.

Not sure if this will help as I do not have your hardware to test it for you. I actually like the HTC 6800 Mogul better as a cell phone personally.

Totage's photo
Wed 08/26/09 10:39 PM
Edited by Totage on Wed 08/26/09 10:40 PM
I thought about an infrared adapter, but when I talked to Palm, they suggested using bluetooth, so I just got a cheap bluetooth dongle from Amazon. I'm still waiting to get it. I hope it works.