Blackberry Curve 8300 : Mac OS-X: Bluetooth

These step by step information will guide you to configure your Blackberry Curve 8300 as a Bluetooth modem in your Mac Laptop. You need to install Modem script first to configure the whole thing.

1. Open your BlackBerry, go to “Manage Connections”, and enable Bluetooth via checkmark (the icon should then show a yellow minus icon). Then, go to “Bluetooth Options”, press the menu key, select “Options”, and ensure that the “Discoverable” option is set to “Yes”.

2. From system Preferences panel, select the “Devices” tab and click “Set Up New Device…” to begin the setup process and click continue Next, in the “Select Device Type” screen, select “Any Device” from the list and click “Continue”. Next is the “Searching” screen, which eventually (it may take a few moments) should indicate your BlackBerry device as a mobile phone. After the device is found, select in the list and click “Continue”.

3. From the “Gathering Information” screen, which displays the progress of the information gathering process. Wait until the process is complete and then click “Continue”. The next screen displays the all-important passkey. At this time, BlackBerry should display its “Enter Numeric Passkey” prompt. Enter the passkey in the field provided. See the screenshots.

4. Now from your Laptop loaded with Mac OS-X, go to System Preferences → Bluetooth → Devices. See the screenshots below.

5. Now select the Blackberry and go to “Configure”. Next, in the “Select the services you want to use with your mobile phone” screen, select “Access the Internet with your phone’s data connection” and also select “Use a direct, higher speed connection to reach your Internet Service Provider (GPRS, 1xRTT)”. Click “Continue”.

6. In the Username/Password screen, leave the username and password fields blank, and enter *99***1# for the GPRS CID String. For the modem, click the dropdown menu and select the custom modem script, “BlackBerry 8300”. And finally, select “Show Modem status in the menu bar” and then click “Continue”.

7. Upon successful configuration just click on to the small ‘Modem Status’ (telephone) icon in your menu bar and select “Open Internet Connection”.

8. In this dialogue box enter the following information-

• Telephone: wap.cingular (Cingular/AT&T)
• Username: guest (T-Mobile) or WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM (Cingular/AT&T)
• Password: guest (T-Mobile) or CINGULAR1 (Cingular/AT&T)

Now click on connect if everything was done properly the “Connection Status” dialogue box, will indicate connectivity.