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Information using Bluetooth Beam You can beam information, such as contacts, calendar items, and tasks, as well as files from your device to your computer or to another Bluetooth-enabled device.
Note
If your computer does not have built-in Bluetooth capability, you need to connect and use a Bluetooth adapter or dongle on your computer.

To beam information from your device to a computer
1.
Turn on Bluetooth on your device, and make your device visible. For information about this, see "To turn Bluetooth on and make your device visible".

2.
Next, set Bluetooth on your computer to visible mode, create a Bluetooth partnership, then enable your computer to receive Bluetooth beams.
If your computer has Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2 and your computer’s Bluetooth adapter is supported by your Windows version, do the following steps:
a. On your computer, open Bluetooth Devices from the Control Panel then click the Options tab.
b. For Windows Vista, select Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer. For Windows XP, select Turn discovery on and Allow Bluetooth devices to connect to this computer.
c. Create a Bluetooth partnership between your device and computer.
d. In the Options tab of Bluetooth Devices, select Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area.
e. To enable your computer to receive Bluetooth beams, right-click the Bluetooth icon at the bottom-right of your computer screen and select Receive a File.

3.
Now you are ready to beam. On your device, select an item to beam. The item can be an appointment in your calendar, a task, a contact card, or a file.

4.
To beam a contact, tap Menu > Send Contact > Beam.
To beam other types of information, tap Menu > Beam [type of item].

5.
Tap the device name to which you want to send the beam.

6.
If you beamed a calendar, task, or contact item to your computer and it is not automatically added to Outlook, select File > Import and Export in Outlook to import it.
To beam information to a Bluetooth-enabled device such as another Windows Mobile powered device, follow steps 1 to 5 in the above procedure

Tips •
The default folder on your computer where beamed items are stored may be C:\Documents and Settings\your_username\My Documents in Windows XP or C:\Users\your_username\My Documents in Windows Vista. For your device to receive Bluetooth beams, tap Start > Settings > Connections tab > Beam and make the Receive all incoming beams check box is selected.

To beam the voice recording
1.
Select the voice recording(s) you want to beam then tap Menu > Beam File. 2. Tap the device you want to send the voice recording(s) to. 3. On the other device, accept the file transfer to receive the file.


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saamynom Bluetooth recieving path 0 Mar 29 2008, 9:52 AM EDT by saamynom
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Hi there! Can anyone tell me whats a difference between Beam and Bluetooth? further more when i start to recieve any big file to my HTC Touch from any symbian mobile it goes directly to the phone memory which then give critically low memory message! can i change the path to the storage card..? plz help me .... thanks for any help...
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cuchulain9 Beaming calendar from 3125 to pc 1 Aug 10 2007, 12:40 PM EDT by browntannis
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I have not found a way to beam my entire calendar from my 3125 TO my computer. I have had to beam items one at at time. Solutions?
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