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After trying over and over again, I finally succeeded to set up BlackBerry bluetooth modem in Mac OS X. In fact, there are already several articles talked about this. I just made it work in China Mobile network.
This article is for those who:

• Have a BlackBerry 8100/8300
• Have a Mac OS X
• Use the China Mobile network (CMCC) in China
• Have turn the data service on.

I tested it in MacBook aluminum, OS X 10.5.6, BlackBerry 8100 (ROM version 4.3)
The basic configuration is described clearly here: How do I use my Blackberry Pearl as a bluetooth modem with a Mac?. It should work well when you use T-Mobile or Cingular.
If you are in China and using China Mobile, here are some settings you should change:

1. Open the file BlackBerry 8100 or BlackBerry 8300 in the /Library/Modem Scripts/ folder with text editor. Find out "ATDT*99***1#" and replace it with "ATDT*99#" then save the file. Or you can simply download the file I made, unzip it and put it into the folder I just mentioned.
2. In "System Preference => Network" panel, use "cmnet" as the Telephone Number, Account Name, Password.

The step 2 wasted a lot of my time. Because in windows, there's no need to set a user name and password when dialing. Before filling the two blanks in OS X, I thought failure of connecting was caused by some other reasons.

In Windows, HyperSnap could help auto scroll the window and capture the whole web page. The Mac OS X build-in software Grab can not do this. After googling, I found out this software Paparazzi! really helps.

This file with strange file name has lived in my Trash for over a month. I finally get rid of it today.

It's caused by the FAT32 partition for Windows. I booted Windows and deleted the files in the hidden directory "C:\.Trash" and similar folders. Then the problem is solved.

Update Aug 20th, 2011.

In Lion, you can still find it in Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad. Just one more click on Trackpad Options... as below.

Update Oct 7th, 2009.

The option appears in Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad. I remember that I have checked here before 10.6, this must be new in Snow Leopard. Anyway, it's much easier now.

Thanks to Mary pointed this out in comment.

I moved the OS X Leopard from the old MacBook to new MacBook and I found that the setting in the Trackpad was missing. I set to "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" before. After moving the hard disk to new MacBook and reinstall the system without erasing old data, I could not change the setting anymore.

I searched the official MacBook forum and got the solution for that:

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