Bluetooth filetransfers between laptops and other iPhones and iPods fails.

I am really disappointed about the poor implemention Bluetooth services on the iPhone 3GS. It should act as a wireless connection method between devices supporting bluetooth.
My laptop is Hewleth Packard NX6325. The laptop does find my iPhone, but because my iPhone seems not to support PAN (personal area network), so my iPhone reports "No connection".
I would like to transfer files (mp3's) between my laptop and my iPhone.
Connection with a second iPhone fails also.
This is really a missed opportunity!
Message was edited by: hoek0106

So The Bluetooth suite is dumb and cripple according to Vincent Nguyen on 'iPhonebuzz'.
*iPhone Support*:
Hands-Free Profile (HFP)
Headset Profile (HSP)
*iPhone Does Not Support*:
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)
Basic Imaging Profile (BIP)
Basic Printing Profile (BPP)
Cordless Telephony Profile (CTP)
Device ID Profile (DID)
Dial-up Networking Profile (DUN)
Fax Profile (FAX)
File Transfer Profile (FTP)
General Audio/Video Distribution Profile (GAVDP)
Generic Access Profile (GAP)
Generic Object Exchange Profile (GOEP)
Human Interface Device Profile (HID)
Intercom Profile (ICP)
Object Push Profile (OPP)
Personal Area Networking Profile (PAN)
Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)
Serial Port Profile (SPP)
Service Discovery Application Profile (SDAP)
SIM Access Profile (SAP,SIM)
Synchronisation Profile (synch)
Video Distribution Profile (vdp)
Wireless Application Protocol Bearer (WAPB)
So Apple has got some work to do. Anyone who read this and feels the lack of functionality in the Buetooth suite on the iPhone 3GS as I do, feel free to address Apple on this item (The 'romainggnome' has given us the link to do that)
I 'll surely do!
Message was edited by: hoek0106

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Moving Music Videos between laptop and desktop

I have purchased 4 music videos from iTunes store. They are on my laptop. I was travelling on business and wanted to try out the new music videos.
Now that I am home and using my Dual G5 desktop, how do I move or share these videos off my laptop top to my desktop? Is there any way to sync two iTunes libraries to keep them the same. Since I own both laptop and desktop seems rather stupid to not be able to do this.
I really just started using iTunes when the video part was released, so I maybe overlooking something really easy to fix this issue.
I have turned on iTunes music library sharing on the laptop but only audio music is shown when viewing from my iTunes desktop. No videos are listed. I event made a playlist folder on my laptop called Videos and copied the videos into this list.
The list "Video" shows up when looking from my desktop, but no vidoes are listed in the playlist.
thanks

Bill,
"Is there any way to sync two iTunes libraries to keep them the same. Since I own both laptop and desktop seems rather stupid to not be able to do this."
I have the very same situation as many others do, so I've asked the very same question to an Apple Genius at the Manhattan Village Store in CA, and the answer is no. Why? You can have multiple iPods connected to a single computer, but not multiple computers connected to a single iPod. The reason for that is DRM.
Your best bet is to keep both libraries synched using apps like "You Synchronize" or "Folder Synchroniser", this way you'll have the same library across both Macs, and you can use any one as a Master for your iPod. Works for me!
* Guy

Bluetooth filetransfers between laptops and other iPhones and iPods fails.

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