Bluetooth for the Sharp 770SH


Just how cool is Bluetooth? Very cool. And how cool is using Bluetooth with your Sharp 770SH? Out of this world cool.

As a mobile phone amateur I’ve previously had no experience of using Bluetooth devices but since I got started with the 770SH I've discovered that a basic grasp of how it works is really essential.

Important actions like transfering data, be it music, video or whatever, is dependent on the Bluetooth function. If you want to send data from your handset to another phone or a computer, or any other type of Bluetooth device this is the method you'll use.

Ah, ok...there is an alternative but you're not going to like it because it's not at all cool. The alternative is to open up the back of your phone, take out the battery (thus switching it off obviously), remove the memory card, insert the memory card into a reader and then to your PC. And what if you don't have a memory card? (I still haven't bought one yet.) Well you're pretty stuck if you haven't - the data will be on the SIM card and so you'll need a SIM card reader. All that's not very cool is it? And to my knowledge, there's no data cable available for the 770SH (somebody please correct me if I'm wrong).

To transfer data via Bluetooth you go to Settings>Connectivity>Bluetooth>Switch On, and then pair your 770SH with another device by first searching for other Bluetooth devices and then selecting the one you want to swap data between. From there it's drag and drop of files and folders from My Items.

I've made that process sound long-winded by describing it step by step but once it's set up the two devices can remember each other and then you can swop files between them any time you choose.


What's the drawback to this? For me it was that my laptop, although less than a year old, doesn't have Bluetooth technology. I wanted to do things like share my address book and send pictures and video to be saved then viewed on my hard drive. To overcome my technology short coming I bought a Belkin Bluetooth dongle from PC World for £15. It fits in any USB2 port and takes about 10 minutes to install.

One thing to mention is that I bought a Class 2 device, which is cheaper than a Class 1 but the only difference is the range. 10 metres is adequate for most people. Are there occassions when you'll be 100 metres away from the other device when you want to send data? Maybe, fooling around or perhaps working in the office but I can't imagine mny useful applications for this. Save yourself a few quid I'd say.

I haven't gone into the details of using the Bluetooth in the 770SH, but ask me a question about it and I'll have a shot at answering.

Finally, thanks to the anonymous poster who reminded me of the issue of data tranfer that led to this entry.