Well,
I have the verizon XV6600 without camera. I am connecting via BT to the internet with my 12" PowerBook OSX 10.3.7 and NO BT stack updates or patches.
Speeds seem to be as fast as my former Nokia 6820 EDGE connection via BT. I ported a line from ATT to VZW on Friday. I waitied after the 6600 became available through business channels to make sure it didn't seem to be as much of a lemon as my Treo 600, which has a screen die every 2 months (I am on my 5th Treo 600 since July 2004 so I passed it on down as our spare phone).
I was surprised that I didn't need to put in my user ID as
phonenumber@vzw3g.com or the password "vzw" like with other dial up connections, and so it took me a full day to figure this part out. Once I got Bluetooth Serial Utility to create a DUN connection to the Pocket_PC that I named VZWBT, and went to network system preference, all I had to do was have it dial #777 (without user name or PW), select the aussie cdmaone script and leave the rest of the settings blank (except I gave it a name).
With ATT I had to enter *99# into the phone number, and leave the user name and PW blank as well.
This is only a backup emergency dial up for when wifi isn't available, and I can still fall back on my Treo600 and "wireless modem" software if I don't mind carryng a USB cable around. Interestingly, when I connect my Zire 72 to the 6600 via BT to download email and surf, it seems much faster - certainly faster than using the previous Nokia 6820 with the palm zire.
People look at me wierd when I tell them my Zire is connected to the internet using my PPC phone
QUESTION: How do I get the PPC to NOT ask me if it is okay to dial out or not? I have the 6600 and powerbook and zire all paired, but there doesn't seem to be something that tells the PPC that the other 2 can be trusted.