Connecting your phone to your computer via Bluetooth, whos done it?

[glockguy]

So I was considering hooking my phone (droid X) up to my computer via blue tooth, seems like it may be a simple way to transfer info between the two, has anyone else done it, and if so is it useful or just pretty much pointless?

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[Gunner69]

I do it with my crackberry occasionally but find that the data cable is much quicker for files and such.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

I tether my netbook and phone all the time using bluetooth.
Mostly to use as a modem when i'm on the go, but also for file transfers and the such.
It's incredibly easy.

 

[Atroxus]

I do it with my crackberry occasionally but find that the data cable is much quicker for files and such.

+1 Data cable will always provide a faster connection than bluetooth though, so for most applications tethering with bluetooth is just a gimmick thats not really worth the effort.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

+1 Data cable will always provide a faster connection than bluetooth though, so for most applications tethering with bluetooth is just a gimmick thats not really worth the effort.

I chose my netbook and cell phone so that I could leave the cords at home :lol:

Heck, even my headphones are bluetooth.

 

[Atroxus]

I chose my netbook and cell phone so that I could leave the cords at home :lol:

Heck, even my headphones are bluetooth.

To each his own I guess. Me personally though, I find the faster connection more important than saving the weight of a 12 inch USB cable.

 

[Tactical SS]

I've synced a few things to my phone via bluetooth before, it's handy, but I can just as easily plug it in and do it that way.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

To each his own I guess. Me personally though, I find the faster connection more important than saving the weight of a 12 inch USB cable.

It's not the weight, it's just another thing to put in my pocket.
I carry my phone, keys, money, wallet, gun, spare mag, and usually a pack of tictacs in my pockets. If I'm going to start carrying a cord i'll need to sew on another pocket.

It's just not worth carrying around a cable on the off chance i'm going to transfer something, just so it'd save me fraction of a second per mb.

Plugging my netbook directly into the modem would make my internet connection faster as well, but you wont catch me carrying around an ethernet cable. Wifi suits me just fine.

 

[phathom]

I actually use SwiFTP on my droid and it just gets on the wifi network, I then just connect to it from my computer and manage my files that way, it works great. Too bad it doesn't have the wireless tether option (mines not rooted yet) like they promised.
I imagine bluetooth would be similar, myself, I don't have bluetooth on my computer, so I wouldn't know about that, but wifi with ftp works great.