I've tried everything and can not get the Nokia 770 to pair with the Blackberry 8100.
THe 770 says that "selected phone does not have services that can be used. Select another phone."
I've tried going in as root and typing "sdpd" then trying again, and that had no effect. But im not sure how to know that you have the dameon running. Any help would be great.

Unfortunately the Blackberry (all Blackberries) have a very limted Bluetooth Stack for security purposes. because the Blackberry is marketed so heavily to Governement and Large corporations, RIM has always been very tight with their Bluetooth access and what it is capable of. Most Blackberries are only capable of a Bluetooth Headset and limited Serial Port profiles. Their serial port profile is very, VERY clamped down and exceopt for some GPS modules and BarCode scanners, you will not be able to Pair it with most items.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

I thought this was the problem also. I'm positive that it is the 770 itself. The blackberry pairs with the 770. but the 770 refuses to complete the pair because it thinks that there are no services it can use in the future. People on other forums are able to get pocket pc's to pair via bluetooth. So I think i need a way to force the 770 pair. any ideas anyone??? I really need this to work.

Wireless is correct- it's a RIM restriction, not a t-mobile one (trust me, I work for one of these two companies and have carried the Pearl for going on 2 mos now). Since this is the first backberry marketed towards the average consumer, it's possible that it will gain this "tethering" ability through a future software upgrade.

For now, the Pearl is not the phone to pair with your n770- sorry.

Man, that stinks, the web on a 770 just can't be beat. Thanks for the post guys. now i have to decide if i want to keep the Pearl

I don't agree. I don't think it's the blackberry. I can pair my pearl with my powerbook and use it as a bluetooth EDGE modem just fine.

You are wrong the PROBLEM IS the BLACKBERRY... Is a security feature on the BB... It wont let you pare with surten devices... It was implemented after the bluetooth hack "Bluejacking".

I am on the same page.
I can connected to cingular internet through my laptop(XP). There must be some restriction in bb pearl.
any one got any connection on bb?

Damn Blackberry, I hate it now

The Pearl is RIM's big jump into consumer-level Blackberries. As such, it pairs just fine with ANY system running XP, on a handful of BT stacks. With a minor modem script tweak, it also tethers to any Mac OS X system.

Normally, I'd agree that it's the Blackberry. My old 7250, my 7130, and a coworker's 8703 have a snowball's chance in hell of pairing to a 770 for DUN.

The Pearl/8100 *has no such restriction.* A T-Mo/Cingular dealer *will* balk at selling it for pairing to a Mac, but that's because it's not officially supported, solely due to RIM's lack of development focus on the Mac side. How is a Mac any different from a 770, from that perspective?