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186 Bluetooth
4. Tap the drop-down menu and then select Always Visible.
Note If you select Visible for 60 seconds, Bluetooth visibility will turn off
automatically when the time elapses and your device has not yet connected to
another Bluetooth device.
5. Tap Done. The icon then appears in the title bar to indicate that the
device is in visible mode.
Tip To easily switch Bluetooth off or back on, open the Comm Manager and then tap
Bluetooth’s OFF/ON slider. Your device remembers whether visible mode was
previously enabled or disabled. If you did not disable visible mode, switching
Bluetooth on in the Comm Manager also puts your device in visible mode
automatically. For more information about using the Comm Manager, see Chapter 13.
9.2 Bluetooth Partnerships
A Bluetooth partnership is a relationship that you create between your device and
another Bluetooth-enabled device in order to exchange information in a secure
manner.
To create a Bluetooth partnership
1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, tap Communications, and
then tap Bluetooth.
2. On the Settings tab ( ), tap Add a device.
3. Tap a Bluetooth device to connect with.
4. Specify a passcode, which can be 1 up to 16 characters, to establish a secure
connection, and then tap OK.
Note Your device uses Bluetooth 2.1 with Secure Simple Pairing feature. If the other
Bluetooth device you are pairing with also supports the same feature, the
passcode will be automatically created and displayed on both devices. Both you
and other party simply need to verify that the passcode is the same and tap Yes
to establish the partnership.