Bluetooth on old iBook G4

My daughter has an old iBook G4 (iBook G4 PowerBook 6,3. Os 10.4.11 800 MHz power Pc g4. 640 mb DDR sdram); it looks as though it should have bluetooth on it (if you search for blutooth it offers a System preference, but when you click n that it goes to the System preference window, with no Bluetooth preferences.    I've got a USB bluetooth dongle ordered, but wonder if I need to download some software too.  Any ideas/help?  Many thanks.

If you click on "See more technical details," this pops up:
O.S. Driver Support
Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME, XP
Since it doesn't list the Mac OS as far as driver support is concerned, I would worry that it won't be supported.
Edit: Upon further searching, I found this on Amazon reviews:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R156T2XEGNCBV6/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R156T2XEGNCBV 6
I bought this to use with my Powerbook G4 running OS 10.4 Tiger. It worked perfectly as soon as I plugged it into the USB port - no drivers or software to install on the Mac. It has a very small profile and only protrudes from the port by about 3cm.
My principal use is for connecting my Sony Ericsson W800 phone and my Mac. When I did this using the USB cable my Mac would invariably crash following disconnection (it had never crashed on me before that). Now the Bluetooth connection allows me to transfer files without any hassle. The transfer speed is pretty good too (for Bluetooth, as an earlier reviewer pointed out).
If you want to Bluetooth-enable an older Mac running OS 10.2 and above, this product will do the job.
So, it looks as if you're good to go!
Good luck with it.

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