I want to syncronize my phone to my calendar wireless like the old nokias do, sience this is a high tech device.
Why this limitations for bluetooth and wireless? What does Apple gain by this?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
An iPhone uses USB or WiFi to sync, which are both much faster than Bluetooth.
If you prefer low tech, slow syncing, stick with the old Nokias.
The iphone can not sync fully wireless you either use the usb conection or you are plugged in the power supply which i think is kind of low tech either
iCloud syncs fully wireless - contacts, calendars, tasks, bookmarks, email etc.
Syncing many megabytes or gigabytes of music, movies, podcasts, books and apps wirelessly would drain the battery. Doing so whilst plugged in to a power source doesn't.
Old Nokia's don't sync such huge amounts of media, but if that's what you prefer, sell the iPhone and buy an old Nokia.
Man, i don't understand the attitude against Nokia, but...
Anyhow what I want is to sync outlook calendar with my iphone calendar without having my data on the internet or using any cable. Tell me how I can do that.
Whether you like it or not, we are living in the Internet age. We have moved past the limits of Bluetooth syncing long ago. Nokia's own Windows Phone 7 based smartphones don't sync via Bluetooth either, neither will Android phones without additional third-party software.
Why restrict yourself to only being able to sync contacts or calendars when your phone is within a few metres of your powered up PC when you can easily, and automatically, sync from anywhere in the world (even without owning a PC)?
The iPhone is, and always has been, an Internet connected device. It's time to leave behind your old fashioned, slow, limited proximity syncing methods and embrace the 21st Century way of doing things.
So, the fact is: The iPhone doesn't offer Bluetooth syncing. If Bluetooth syncing is the highest priority feature of a phone for you, then the iPhone is not for you, and an "old Nokia" is about the only phone that will suit your needs.
I think Julian misses George's point. I have the same question.
Sure, it is fine to use WiFi, the internet, the cloud etc. if they are available.
But they aren't always available. All I want is to sync contacts and calendar appointments over bluetooth.
I travel a lot and sitting in a cafe somewhere in the middle of nowhere with no internet and the cable back at the hotel, I want to sync over Bluetooth. Simple, quick, and easy.
There isn't a lot of data in that scenario – sync'ing on my grungy old Sony-Ericsson only took 20 seconds. PLUS I have my mac set up to automatically connect and sync every 30 minutes. I don't even have to take any action – whenever, wherever I am, the phone is up to date.
TThis ***** Iphone 4s bluetooth doesnt work with macbook pro ***
Regardless of what your old phone enabled you to do, the iPhone does not, never has, and is unlikely ever to offer Bluetooth syncing of contacts and calendars. Posting here will not change that. If Apple thought syncing via Bluetooth was a worthwhile feature, no doubt they would've included it at some point in the last 5 years.
If the example situation you give is a common occurrence, why not just keep a cable with you in your laptop bag? The iPhone sync cable also doubles as a charging cable, and if you travel a lot, presumably, like me, you carry a cable so you can charge your phone "whenever, wherever" you are?
Define "doesn't work"...
What exactly are you trying to do via Bluetooth between your iPhone and MacBook.
Bluetooth works fine for me between Mac and iPhone for the purposes for which it is designed to work.
Im just trying to connect them to send video from iphone to mac. But system is saying i dont have the necessary services
Correct.
File transfer via Bluetooth is not a feature of the iPhone. Never has been. Bluetooth is far too slow for transferring large media files.
I am on Mikes side, i work at a instore photo proccesing lab & customers like to bluetooth to our order kiosks, fine if you have a Android phone or a old pre android phone but iPhone, itouch, ipad forget it you have to download a app then send your pic to our instore order manager, this takes at lweast 20 mins PROVIDING you get a signal. Also i have a gen2 itouch & my son has a gen4 itouch, bluetooth between them? dont make me laugh. Just think they used to complain that Microsoft had a monopoly.
Just think they used to complain that Microsoft had a monopoly.
Huh? Where does a "monopoly" come into it? You don't actually know what one is do you?
Sience this topic was started by me because of lack of sync with outlook calendar via bluetooth I wanted to give you my thoughts on cable also.
I tried to sync outlook calendar via cable also and it seems it works 2 or 3 times and then it stops. From what I read on the internet this problem is not new and people have it for as long as the Iphone exists but nothing was done. Anyhow right now if I click repair periodically on the " Apple Mobile Device Support" from control panel it works again for 2 or 3times 🙂
Your most likely correct, i only thought that a monoploly was when you are not given a choice, possibly you do have a choice when you use bluetooth between 2 itouch,iphoneperhaps you can connect the 2, i will wait with glorius anticipation on finding out how.
why can't we use bluetooth, on Iphone 4s, like on a normal phone?
