Kikuchiyo

I just got my Zoom Bluetooth 56k modem yesterday. Works well, and was not too bad to set up. I travel a lot, and the hotels I stay in don't usually have wifi, or even any kind of net access.

The modem itself is quite small, but the power cord is kind of bulky. It comes with a 6-foot phone cord, too. A software CD is incleded, but I didn't need anything off it except the user's guide.

The BT connection is only made when you want to dial out on the modem and only remains as long as you're online thru the modem. Set up wasn't really straightforward. After making the pairing thru the BT Manager (the passcode is the PIN on the underside of the modem), it wouldn't create a good dial-up connection. I ended up going into Connections...Connections and using "Add a new modem connection." This wizard was slightly different than the BT modem wizard, and worked better.

I ran it thru a couple times to make sure it was all woking, and about 1/3 of the time, it didn't complete a connection - sometimes no BT connection; sometimes it dialed (you can hear the tones) but didn't complete the handshake with my provider.

Also, I found that if I turned on BT power with the regular WirelessPower, then used SilentKnight's WifiPower program to disable the wifi side of the antenna, that BT would hang, and I'd have to do a soft-reset. Instead, I had to use the regular WirelessPower, then tap the wifi icon and "disable radio." Is there a better way? (this is my first BT device)

Overall, for $77 (free shipping from ecost.com), this was worth it.