Palm PMG0501000P manual Using your device as a wireless modem, Select Internet Sharing

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your smartphone and request a connection.

5When prompted to add this device, select Yes.

6Enter the same passkey on your smartphone and on the Bluetooth device.

7(Optional) To give the partnership a more meaningful name, select Display Name and enter a new name.

8Press Finish (right softkey).

9When your smartphone is receiving info, a notification tells you that a transmission is in progress. To stop the transmission, press Cancel (right softkey). To close the notification, press Hide (left softkey).

Using your device as a wireless modem

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is the feature that converts your smartphone into a modem so that you can access the Internet from your computer.

You can set up Internet Connection Sharing in one of two ways:

•Connect your smartphone to your computer using the USB cable.

•If your computer is enabled with Bluetooth wireless technology, set up your smartphone as a wireless modem using the built-in Bluetooth technology.

Setting up a USB Internet Connection Sharing connection

BEFORE YOU BEGIN If you have a Windows XP computer and you synchronize your smartphone with ActiveSync® desktop software on your computer using the USB cable, you must disable the ActiveSync USB connection. Open the ActiveSync window on your computer, select File > Connection Settings, and uncheck the Allow USB connections box.

1Connect your smartphone to your computer using the USB cable.

2On your smartphone, press Start and select Programs.

3Select Internet Sharing .

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