Recently I was obsessed with the idea to force my Qtec 9090 to use its Bluetooth capabilities for ActiveSync-ing with my notebook. Both gadjets have Bluetooth and both were capable of using it (well, at least I thought so) – making Bluetooth working should not be a big deal.

I made some searches and hit the following resources on the net:

1. Synchronizing HP iPAQ h2210
with Bluetooth (Belkin Dongle) using MS ActiveSync 3.7, which explains in general how to setup Bluetooth from both sides in order to make the synchronization. During my search I noticed these good articles as well:
1. Bluetooth ActiveSync Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2
2. ActiveSync Troubleshooting Guide : Synchronization Errors
3. Bluetooth AutoSync for Microsoft Smartphone 2003; Bluetooth ActiveSync Guide for i-mate Smartphone2 [These links are just for my reference for the future, when I will need similar procedure for Smartphone]
4. ActiveSync with Bluetooth and Windows XP SP2 (another good explanation with screenshots)

2. Going crazy with ActiveSync via bluetooth at XDA-Developers forum, which explained me how to patch my bluetooth with its latest software release. Actually, I had to download and install Pocket Bluetooth Tools. The latest version (1.1.0.0) works for me so far…

3. Activesync Port Availability Via Bluetooth, How to reassign port numbers ?

4. Auto-start for ActiveSync via Bluetooth?, whicih teached me how to start my Bluetooth ActiveSync with a push of a button

After this reading I decided to step on. The first problem I had was “no serial connection” between the two devices. Reinstalling my Bluetooth notebook drivers fixed that one.

After the successful pairing it took me some time to fix the big mess (because of the previous problem and many changed settings), but as a result now I have working Bluetooth synchronization – just in the way I want it to work. Now I do not need the craddle, but just the power cable, because with this Bluetooth working continuously the device became even more power-hungry…