Can someone tell me whether the Pearl will have full functionality for bluetooth in my 2008 535xi.....the BMW website has very few phones listed as being compatible...

my fairly new bb 8703e is fully functional, same car, I would think you are fine.

I have the pearl & it has full functionality(blue tooth) in my 530I; no issues.

The blackberry on the 81xx,83xx and 88xx has very very similar firmware and they will all work w/ the BMW 5 series BT and BMW uses firmware versions as much as they talk models

The blackberry on the 81xx,83xx and 88xx has very very similar firmware and they will all work w/ the BMW 5 series BT and BMW uses firmware versions as much as they talk models

Hello!

I have a '05 545i. I paired my Blackberry Pearl 8130 (Verizon) unit, and everything seemd fine (even the address book, caller id etc...). I get in the car today and no address book; just a giant speaker phone. I re-setup the BT feature, but I cant get the phone book back. Bummed! :(

Any tips on how I might re-initialize this?

Thanks!

Tom

Good post! I have a Pearl 81xx (AT&T, about a year old) and I recently bought an 06 530Xi, but I just can't pair those with each other. Maybe I'm entering the wrong passcode? What password should I be entering when pairing the device? Where can I find the necessary password?

I tried out my wifes Verizon Pearl this weekend and it worked fine (just like my Verizon 8830). As far as the passcode it is whatever you want it to be. You will enter it on the phone when it requests and then enter it on the car (through IDrive).

oh, so its the same passcode and you can put anything you want in there? I think I tried that and it didn't work... oh well, guess, I'm just not tech-savvy enough to get this thing working on my own LOL