Well... the iPhone's Bluetooth woes... here they go again.

I got myself this Poaroid PoGo Bluetooth Printer which works fine with my MacBook, my Palm Treo, friend's smartphone... all out of the box, installation simple and straightforward:
Turn on both devices.
Search.
When 'Polaroid xx xx xx' is found, enter '6000' and you're connected, photos get printed and all's fine.

Not with the iPhone though.
Looks like the implementation of the Bluetooth-stack is really crappy, not only for Stereo-headsets, but also for printers.

If it would a least find the printer, that would be something... but not even that works.
The printer is ok, up and running. Simultaneous searches with the MBP and two other smartphones worked well. All devices found the printer plus each other and the iPhone as well.
Therefore, everything should have been ok.
The iPhone found nothing though. Nada. Niente. Neither the printer nor the other Smartphones or the MBP.


Now... has anybody got any idea on what I can do to get this printer to work with the iPhone?

Thanky guys!

All you can do is hope and wait for apple to update the bluetooth support. The current software supports ONLY handfree/headset devices.

Yup, I feared as much.
Well, can't help but wait. :-(

Originally Posted by MarkK

Well... the iPhone's Bluetooth woes... here they go again.

I got myself this Poaroid PoGo Bluetooth Printer which works fine with my MacBook, my Palm Treo, friend's smartphone... all out of the box, installation simple and straightforward:
Turn on both devices.
Search.
When 'Polaroid xx xx xx' is found, enter '6000' and you're connected, photos get printed and all's fine.

Not with the iPhone though.
Looks like the implementation of the Bluetooth-stack is really crappy, not only for Stereo-headsets, but also for printers.

If it would a least find the printer, that would be something... but not even that works.
The printer is ok, up and running. Simultaneous searches with the MBP and two other smartphones worked well. All devices found the printer plus each other and the iPhone as well.
Therefore, everything should have been ok.
The iPhone found nothing though. Nada. Niente. Neither the printer nor the other Smartphones or the MBP.


Now... has anybody got any idea on what I can do to get this printer to work with the iPhone?

Thanky guys!

I figured out ho to do it.

I made a tutorial on my blog with pictures.

Tons Of Tech: Polaroid Pogo, iPhone, and Bluetooth

Let me know what you think!!

-Jake