Cell phone as irda dongle?

Does someone know if there is a way of using the cell phone as some
sort of "irda dongle"? As the phone can both send and receive data
through the irda port, I presume it must be possible to use it as a
dongle too... If anyone has information about any sofware that makes
this possible, or even IF it's possible at all, please let me know!

Blimp

What do you mean by use it as a dongle? You can go online over your
laptop by connecting to the phone via IR


On 26 Sep 2005 18:45:40 -0700, "Blimp" <blimmp@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Does someone know if there is a way of using the cell phone as some
>sort of "irda dongle"? As the phone can both send and receive data
>through the irda port, I presume it must be possible to use it as a
>dongle too... If anyone has information about any sofware that makes
>this possible, or even IF it's possible at all, please let me know!
>
>Blimp
>

Sorry, I forgot to mention the cable from the phone to the computer...
If you have (like me) a cell phone with a usb cable and ir, is it
possible to use the cellphone to connect other ir devices (like other
computers, other cellular phones, pulse watches etc) to the computer?

Bruce Markowitz skrev:
> What do you mean by use it as a dongle? You can go online over your
> laptop by connecting to the phone via IR
>

Dongle for what?

There are literally hundreds of Dongle applications

"Blimp" <blimmp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1127785540.413533.19020@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Does someone know if there is a way of using the cell phone as some
> sort of "irda dongle"? As the phone can both send and receive data
> through the irda port, I presume it must be possible to use it as a
> dongle too... If anyone has information about any sofware that makes
> this possible, or even IF it's possible at all, please let me know!
>
> Blimp
>

No, not in the configuration that you describe.

"Blimp" <blimmp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1128119843.244364.27080@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Sorry, I forgot to mention the cable from the phone to the computer...
> If you have (like me) a cell phone with a usb cable and ir, is it
> possible to use the cellphone to connect other ir devices (like other
> computers, other cellular phones, pulse watches etc) to the computer?
>
> Bruce Markowitz skrev:
>> What do you mean by use it as a dongle? You can go online over your
>> laptop by connecting to the phone via IR
>>
>

Blimp wrote:
> Does someone know if there is a way of using the cell phone as some
> sort of "irda dongle"? As the phone can both send and receive data
> through the irda port, I presume it must be possible to use it as a
> dongle too... If anyone has information about any sofware that makes
> this possible, or even IF it's possible at all, please let me know!
>
> Blimp
>

I doubt that there is any software for the phone that would facilitate
this. IrDA dongles are so cheap, well under $10, that there is no reason
that anyone would want to do this.